03128nam 2200721 a 450 991078283820332120230207230113.01-282-48564-41-282-48550-4978661248550397866124856401-60473-314-42027/heb09316(CKB)1000000000721940(EBL)515628(OCoLC)317399802(SSID)ssj0000212346(PQKBManifestationID)11189041(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000212346(PQKBWorkID)10137421(PQKB)11137559(MiAaPQ)EBC515628(Au-PeEL)EBL515628(CaPaEBR)ebr10282583(CaONFJC)MIL248564(dli)HEB09316(MiU)MIU01000000000000012317784(EXLCZ)99100000000072194020070220d2007 ub 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrNot just child's play[electronic resource] emerging tradition and the lost boys of Sudan /Felicia R. McMahon1st ed.Jackson University Press of Mississippi20071 online resource (239 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-57806-987-4 Includes bibliographical references (p. 214-223) and index.Men meet (but mountains do not) -- Encountering ethnography -- Surveying the landscape -- Entextualization and kinesthetic communication -- Memory, childhood, and restored behavior -- Cultural intervention and mediation -- Gendered performance -- Conclusion: "I carried it in my heart".Felicia R. McMahon breaks new ground in the presentation and analysis of emerging traditions of the \""Lost Boys,\"" a group of parentless youths who fled Sudan under tragic circumstances in the 1990's. With compelling insight, McMahon analyzes the oral traditions of the DiDinga Lost Boys, about whom very little is known. Her vibrant ethnography provides intriguing details about the performances and conversations of the young DiDinga in Syracuse, New York. It also offers important insights to scholars and others who work with refugee groups. The author argues that the playful traditions she...Didinga (African people)New York (State)SyracuseFolkloreDidinga (African people)New York (State)SyracuseSocial conditionsRefugeesSudanRefugeesNew York (State)SyracuseSudanFolkloreSudanSocial conditionsSyracuse (N.Y.)Social conditionsDidinga (African people)Didinga (African people)Social conditions.RefugeesRefugees305.896/5McMahon Felicia R.1950-880884MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910782838203321Not just child's play1967475UNINA