Native American discourse
Subtitle: poetics and rhetoric
By: edited by Joel Sherzer and Anthony C. Woodbury.
Contributors: Sherzer, Joel.; Woodbury, Anthony C.
Series: Cambridge studies in oral and literate culture ;; 13
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1987
Place of publication: Cambridge [Cambridgeshire]; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 246
Subjects: Indian literature -- History and criticism; Folk literature, Indian -- History and criticism; Indians of North America -- Languages -- Discourse analysis; Indians of Central America -- Languages -- Discourse analysis
Description: Originally published in 1987, the aim of this book is to advance a fresh perspective on the presentation, philology, analysis, and interpretation of oral literature and verbal art. Developed through commentaries and analysis of a range of texts from Native American communities, past and present, this original approach is centered on discourse, which the contributors take as being the richest point of intersection among language, culture, society, and individual expression. In discourse, individuals draw on their own artistry at the same time as they draw on the special and unique resources of the language and culture of their communities.
Notes: Includes bibliographies and indexes.