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Record Nr.

UNINA9910816178403321

Autore

Minks Amanda <1974->

Titolo

Voices of play [[electronic resource] ] : Miskitu children's speech and song on the Atlantic coast of Nicaragua / / Amanda Minks

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Tucson, : University of Arizona Press, c2013

ISBN

1-299-38455-2

0-8165-9984-X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (240 p.)

Disciplina

972.85

Soggetti

Miskito children - Games - Nicaragua - Corn Island

MIskito children - Nicaragua - Corn Island - Songs and music

MIskito children - Nicaragua - Corn Island - Social life and customs

Corn Island (Nicaragua) Social life and customs

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Contents -- Figures -- Preface: Listening to Language in a Contact Zone -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Voices of Play -- 2. Histories and Contexts of Communication -- 3. Vocal Play in Multilingual Speech and Song -- 4. Performing Gender in Song Games -- 5. Power and Intertextuality in Pretend Play -- 6. Subjectivity and Citizenship in Institutional Performances -- 7. Intercultural Voices, Political Transformations -- Notes -- References -- Index.