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A world of others' words cross-cultural perspectives on intertextuality /

Drawing on a broad range of oral performances and literary records from Iceland, Ireland, Scotland, North America, Ghana, and Fiji, linguistic anthropologist and folklorist Richard Bauman presents a series of ethnographic case studies that offer an innovative and illuminating look at intertextuality...

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Main Authors: Bauman, Richard.
Corporate Authors: Wiley InterScience (Online service)
Published:
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
Subjects:
Communication in folklore.
Communication in anthropology.
Intertextuality.
Oral tradition.
Cross-cultural orientation.
Communication dans le folklore.
Communication en anthropologie.
Intertextualité
Tradition orale.
Formation transculturelle.
Intertekstualiteit.
Mondelinge literatuur.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Folklore & Mythology.
Electronic books.
Online Access: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/9780470773895
Summary: Drawing on a broad range of oral performances and literary records from Iceland, Ireland, Scotland, North America, Ghana, and Fiji, linguistic anthropologist and folklorist Richard Bauman presents a series of ethnographic case studies that offer an innovative and illuminating look at intertextuality as communicative practice. Bauman uses his introduction to lay a framework for the analysis of genre, performance, and intertextuality as discursive accomplishments. He goes on to examine the ways that performers blend genres and then explores how they manage intertextual links or gaps by aligning texts in discursive practice. Finally, Bauman draws together these threads and turns his insights to a critical consideration of ethnographic practice itself, bringing into reflexive awareness the ways that ethnography positions us in a world of others' words.
Carrier Form: ix, 184 p. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. [167]-177) and index.
ISBN: 9780470773895
0470773898
1405143614
9781405143615
1280198761
9781280198762
9781405116046
1405116048
Index Number: GR44
CLC: I057
Contents: Introduction : Genre, performance, and the prduction of inrertxtuality -- "And the verse is thus" : Icelandic stories about magical poems -- "I'll give you three guesses" : the dynamics of genre in the riddle tale -- "What shall we give you?" : calibrations of genre in a Mexican market -- "Bell, you get the spotted pup" : first person narratives of a Texas storyteller -- "That I can't tell you" : negotiating performance with a Nova Scotia fisherman -- "Go, my reciter my words" : mediation, tradition, authority -- Epilogue.

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