LEADER 03054nam 2200697 a 450 001 9910454133803321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-48564-4 010 $a1-282-48550-4 010 $a9786612485503 010 $a9786612485640 010 $a1-60473-314-4 035 $a(CKB)1000000000721940 035 $a(EBL)515628 035 $a(OCoLC)317399802 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000212346 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11189041 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000212346 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10137421 035 $a(PQKB)11137559 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC515628 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL515628 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10282583 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL248564 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000721940 100 $a20070220d2007 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aNot just child's play$b[electronic resource] $eemerging tradition and the lost boys of Sudan /$fFelicia R. McMahon 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aJackson $cUniversity Press of Mississippi$d2007 215 $a1 online resource (239 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-57806-987-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 214-223) and index. 327 $aMen 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". 330 $aFelicia 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... 606 $aDidinga (African people)$zNew York (State)$zSyracuse$vFolklore 606 $aDidinga (African people)$zNew York (State)$zSyracuse$xSocial conditions 606 $aRefugees$zSudan 606 $aRefugees$zNew York (State)$zSyracuse 607 $aSudan$vFolklore 607 $aSudan$xSocial conditions 607 $aSyracuse (N.Y.)$xSocial conditions 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aDidinga (African people) 615 0$aDidinga (African people)$xSocial conditions. 615 0$aRefugees 615 0$aRefugees 676 $a305.896/5 700 $aMcMahon$b Felicia R.$f1950-$0880884 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910454133803321 996 $aNot just child's play$91967475 997 $aUNINA