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Not just child's play : emerging tradition and the lost boys of Sudan / / Felicia R. McMahon



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Autore: McMahon Felicia R. <1950-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: Not just child's play : emerging tradition and the lost boys of Sudan / / Felicia R. McMahon Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Jackson, : University Press of Mississippi, 2007
Edizione: 1st ed.
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (239 p.)
Disciplina: 305.896/5
Soggetto topico: Didinga (African people) - New York (State) - Syracuse
Didinga (African people) - New York (State) - Syracuse - Social conditions
Refugees - Sudan
Refugees - New York (State) - Syracuse
Soggetto geografico: Sudan Folklore
Sudan Social conditions
Syracuse (N.Y.) Social conditions
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 214-223) and index.
Nota di contenuto: 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".
Sommario/riassunto: 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...
Titolo autorizzato: Not just child's play  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-282-48564-4
1-282-48550-4
9786612485503
9786612485640
1-60473-314-4
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910827138203321
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