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Native Latin American cultures through their discourse / edited by Ellen B. Basso.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Special publications of the Folklore Institute, Indiana University, Bloomington. New series ; ; no. 1.Publication details: Bloomington, Ind. : Folklore Institute, Indiana University, 1990.Description: 176 pages : illustrations, 1 map ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 1879407000
  • 9781879407008
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • PM5027 .N374 1990
Contents:
Introduction : discourse as an integrating concept in anthropology and folklore research / Ellen B. Basso -- Manipulating time in an Amazonian society / Janet Wall Hendricks -- Weeping as a meta-signal in a Mexicano woman's narrative / Jane H. Hill -- Double-talk in the Andes / Susan Paulson -- The community-building mission of a Kamsá ritual language / John H. McDowell -- On play, joking, humor, and tricking in Kuna / Joel Sherzer -- Myth, music, and history / Jonathan D. Hill -- The last cannibal / Ellen B. Basso.
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Books (30-Day Checkout) Books (30-Day Checkout) Nash Library General Stacks PM5027.N374 1990 Available 33710001152631

"The papers in this volume were first presented at the Forty-sixth International Congress of Americanists, held in July 1988 in Amsterdam"--Page [1].

"Originally published as a special issue of the Journal of folklore research, vol. 27, nos. 1 and 2 (January-August 1990)"--Title page verso.

Introduction : discourse as an integrating concept in anthropology and folklore research / Ellen B. Basso -- Manipulating time in an Amazonian society / Janet Wall Hendricks -- Weeping as a meta-signal in a Mexicano woman's narrative / Jane H. Hill -- Double-talk in the Andes / Susan Paulson -- The community-building mission of a Kamsá ritual language / John H. McDowell -- On play, joking, humor, and tricking in Kuna / Joel Sherzer -- Myth, music, and history / Jonathan D. Hill -- The last cannibal / Ellen B. Basso.