Narrative as social practice : Anglo-Western and Australian Aboriginal oral traditions / by Danièle M. Klapproth
- Bib ID:
- 3240066
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Klapproth, Danièle M., 1962-
- Description:
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- Berlin ; New York : Mouton de Gruyter, c2004
- xiii, 456 p. ; 24 cm.
- ISBN:
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- 3110181363
- 3110181371
- Series:
- Language, power, and social process ; 13.
- Summary:
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Explores and discusses narrative as social practice in the Anglo-Western tradition and the Australian Aboriginal Pitjantjatjara and Yankunytjatjara tradition; aims and methodological approach; focusses on 62 traditional Pitjantjatjara and Yankunytjatjara narratives constituting a 'folk genre', and on 13 of the most popular classic European fairy tales; Part One examines the narrative structuring of experience; Part Two examines storytelling as social practice; concluding chapter summarises findings and disucsses the three main points of divergence in narrative practice and the shared aspects in narrative practice.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 423-450) and index.
- Subject:
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- Aboriginal Australians -- Folklore
- Oral tradition -- Australia
- Oral tradition -- English-speaking countries
- Discourse analysis, Narrative -- Australia
- Discourse analysis, Narrative -- English-speaking countries
- Storytelling -- Australia
- Storytelling -- English-speaking countries
- Language - Non-Indigenous
- Indigenous knowledge - World view
- Literature and stories
- Language - Linguistics - Language elicitation - Narratives
- Language - Linguistics - Language elicitation - Translated
- Language
- Stories and motifs
- Pitjantjatjara language (C6) (NT SG52-11)
- Yankunytjatjara language (C4) (NT SG52-16)
- English-speaking countries -- Folklore
- Areyonga (South Central NT SG53-01)
- Europe
- Western Desert (WA SF51, SF52, SG51, SG52)
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- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 2004
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