03367nam 2200613 a 450 991081289250332120241108003443.0(CKB)2670000000309263(EBL)322924(OCoLC)476120256(MiAaPQ)EBC322924(EXLCZ)99267000000030926320040525d2004 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierNarrative as social practice Anglo-Western and Australian Aboriginal oral traditions /by Daniele M. Klapproth1st ed.Berlin ;New York Mouton de Gruyterc20041 online resource (469 pages) 2 mapsLanguage, power, and social process ;133-11-018137-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.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 matterThis 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,Language, power, and social process ;13.Aboriginal AustraliansFolkloreOral traditionAustraliaOral traditionEnglish-speaking countriesDiscourse analysis, NarrativeAustraliaDiscourse analysis, NarrativeEnglish-speaking countriesStorytellingAustraliaStorytellingEnglish-speaking countriesLiterature and stories - Story telling and story tellersaiatsissEnglish-speaking countriesFolkloreAboriginal AustraliansOral traditionOral traditionDiscourse analysis, NarrativeDiscourse analysis, NarrativeStorytellingStorytellingLiterature and stories - Story telling and story tellers.398/.089/9915Klapproth Daniele M.1962-1662964MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910812892503321Narrative as Social Practice4019954UNINA