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Record Nr.

UNINA9910968310703321

Autore

Gross Joan

Titolo

Speaking in other voices : an ethnography of Walloon puppet theaters / / Joan Gross

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam, Netherlands ; ; Philadelphia, : John Benjamins, c2001

ISBN

9786612162428

9781282162426

128216242X

9789027298089

9027298084

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (369 p.)

Collana

Pragmatics & beyond, , 0922-842X ; ; new ser. 91

Disciplina

791.5/3/094934

Soggetti

Puppet theater - Belgium - Wallonia - History

Puppet theater - Belgium - Liege - History

Puppet plays, French - Belgium - Wallonia - History and criticism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [297]-315) and index.

Nota di contenuto

SPEAKING IN OTHER VOICES -- Editorial page -- Title page -- LCC data -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- List of Photographs -- List of charts and excerpts from scripts, performances and Walloon literature -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- CHAPTER 1: Introduction -- CHAPTER 2: Heteroglossia in Liège -- CHAPTER 3: Class and Culture in 19th Century Liège and the Rise of the Puppet Theater -- CHAPTER 4: Manipulations and Transformations -- CHAPTER 5: Past Voices in the Present and the Practice of Puppetry -- CHAPTER 6: Entextualization / Intertextuality -- CHAPTER 7: Closing Intertextual Gaps -- CHAPTER 8: Embodying Identities -- CHAPTER 9: Religion and War -- CHAPTER 10: The World of Puppets, The World of Puppeteers: Politics in Performance -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Appendix 1: Decallais Collection -- List of Published References -- Archival Sources -- Index -- The PRAGMATICS AND BEYOND NEW SERIES.

Sommario/riassunto

Linking actual instances of language use with structures of social power in francophone Belgium, Gross outlines the history and contemporary configuration of rod puppetry in Liège. The analysis of this working



classperformance art moves between what occurs on and off stage. As puppeteers speak in other voices, sometimes in Walloon and sometimes in French, they create a sociolinguistic model based on 19th century renditions of medieval texts, the voices of past puppeteers, and the language that surrounds them. The high level of linguistic reflexivity created by the regional language movement has led to frequent metalinguistic and metapragmatic commentaries within the puppet shows. This complex speech genre embedded in social context shows the influence of identity struggles: from local class oppositions to imperial designs abroad. Keeping a tight focus on language, Speaking in Other Voices examines the process of entextualization and recontextualization as stories of war and religion are transmitted to succeeding generations.