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Record Nr.

UNINA9910814382903321

Autore

Givón Talmy <1936->

Titolo

Ute Texts [[electronic resource] /] / compiled by T. Givón

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 2013

ISBN

90-272-7242-5

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

xvi, 331 p

Collana

Culture and language use, , 1879-5838 ; ; v. 7

Altri autori (Persone)

GivónTalmy <1936->

Disciplina

897/.4576

Soggetti

Ute language

Storytelling

Indians of North America - Colorado

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. The Sinawav cycle -- pt. 2. The coyote cycle -- pt. 3. Anger, vengeance and other pitfalls -- pt. 4. The ceremonial cycle -- pt. 5. Varia.

Sommario/riassunto

This second volume of our Ute trilogy contains a collection of Ute oral texts. Ute oral literature reflects the life experience of a small-scale hunting-and-gathering Society of Intimates and its tight connection to the local terrain, flora and fauna that supported the hunter-gatherer life. Ute story-telling tradition is the people's literary heritage, with the narrative style allowing considerable artistic freedom and diversity in contents and style. Stories were not memorized verbatim, and story-tellers took creative liberty in elaborating and re-inventing the 'same' tale. The core cultural contents of each story are nevertheless preserved across tellers. Ute stories were most likely told at night around the fire, in front of or inside the lodge, to a mixed audience of children and adults who had heard the tale many time before. The stories aimed to both instruct and entertain. Their underlying themes are stoic and oft-cynical reflections on the vagaries of human behavior and harsh existence. They are the foundational literary tradition of The People--Núuchi-u.