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Talking on the Page : Editing Aboriginal Oral Texts.

Essays examine the problems inherent in attempting to record oral cultures for a visual society. What happens when the oral stories, beliefs, or histories of North American Native peoples are transferred to paper or other media?

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Murray, Laura J.
Otros Autores: Rice, Keren D.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Toronto : University of Toronto Press, 1999.
Colección:Conference on Editorial Problems.
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro
  • Contents
  • Notes on Contributors
  • Introduction
  • 1 The paradox of talking on the page: Some aspects of the Tlingit and Haida experience
  • 2 How do we learn language? What do we learn?
  • 3 Writing voices speaking: Native authors and an oral aesthetic
  • 4 Doing things with words: Putting performance on the page
  • 5 It shall not end anywhere: Transforming oral traditions
  • 6 The social life of texts: Editing on the page and in performance
  • Previous Conference Publications.