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Record Nr.

UNINA9910786433403321

Autore

Klapproth Daniè€le M. <1962->

Titolo

Narrative as Social Practice : Anglo-Western and Australian Aboriginal Oral Traditions / / Daniè€le M. Klapproth

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin : , : De Gruyter, , 2004

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource  (469 pages) : 2 maps

Collana

Language, Power and Social Process [LPSP] ; ; v.13

Disciplina

398.2

398/.089/9915

Soggetti

Aboriginal Australians

Discourse analysis, Narrative - Australia

Oral tradition - Australia

Oral tradition - English-speaking countries

Storytelling - Australia

Storytelling - English-speaking countries

Literature and stories - Story telling and story tellers

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Front matter; Contents; Chapter 1. Introduction; Chapter 2. Creating webs of significance: The role of narrative in socio-cultural construction of reality; Chapter 3. The narrative sharing of words: Storytelling as communicative interaction; Chapter 4. Exploring the structure of narrated worlds: The search for study schemata; Chapter 5. The Beautiful and the Beasty: Cultural specifics of Anglo-Western narrative aesthetics; Chapter 6. Always keeping track: Text building strategies in Pitjantjatjara and Yankunyjatjara storytelling; Chapter 7. Holding the world in place: The interrelatedness of story, practice, and culture Chapter 8. Conclusions and implications; Back matter

Sommario/riassunto

This is a highly original comparative study of the oral storytelling traditions of two widely divergent cultures, Anglo-Western culture and Central Australian Aboriginal culture. Concerned with both theoretical and empirical issues, this book offers a critical discussion of the most influential theories of narrative. It evaluates them on the basis of textual analyses of Anglo-Western and Australian Aboriginal oral



narratives, viewed in the context of the different storytelling practices, values and worldviews in both cultures. The book offers new insights to readers interested in linguistics,