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Autore |
McMahon Felicia R. <1950-> |
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Titolo |
Not just child's play [[electronic resource] ] : emerging tradition and the lost boys of Sudan / / Felicia R. McMahon |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Jackson, : University Press of Mississippi, 2007 |
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1-282-48564-4 |
1-282-48550-4 |
9786612485503 |
9786612485640 |
1-60473-314-4 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (239 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Didinga (African people) - New York (State) - Syracuse |
Didinga (African people) - New York (State) - Syracuse - Social conditions |
Refugees - Sudan |
Refugees - New York (State) - Syracuse |
Sudan Folklore |
Sudan Social conditions |
Syracuse (N.Y.) Social conditions |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 214-223) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Men meet (but mountains do not) -- Encountering ethnography -- Surveying the landscape -- Entextualization and kinesthetic communication -- Memory, childhood, and restored behavior -- Cultural intervention and mediation -- Gendered performance -- Conclusion: "I carried it in my heart". |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Felicia R. McMahon breaks new ground in the presentation and analysis of emerging traditions of the \""Lost Boys,\"" a group of parentless youths who fled Sudan under tragic circumstances in the 1990's. With compelling insight, McMahon analyzes the oral traditions of the DiDinga Lost Boys, about whom very little is known. Her vibrant ethnography provides intriguing details about the performances and |
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