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

• Autore: McMahon Felicia R. <1950->
• 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
• 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
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II