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Record Nr.

UNINA9910812892503321

Autore

Klapproth Daniele M. <1962->

Titolo

Narrative as social practice : Anglo-Western and Australian Aboriginal oral traditions / / by Daniele M. Klapproth

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin ; ; New York, : Mouton de Gruyter, c2004

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource  (469 pages) : 2 maps

Collana

Language, power, and social process ; ; 13

Disciplina

398/.089/9915

Soggetti

Aboriginal Australians

Oral tradition - Australia

Oral tradition - English-speaking countries

Discourse analysis, Narrative - Australia

Discourse analysis, Narrative - English-speaking countries

Storytelling - Australia

Storytelling - English-speaking countries

Literature and stories - Story telling and story tellers

English-speaking countries Folklore

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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,