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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Literature type: | eBook |
Language: | English |
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http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/9780470773895 |
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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. |
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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. |