Narrative as Social Practice [[electronic resource] ] : Anglo-Western and Australian Aboriginal Oral Traditions

• Autore: Klapproth Danièle M
• Pubblicazione: Berlin, : De Gruyter, 2004
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (472 p.)
• Disciplina: 398.2; 398/.089/9915
• Soggetto topico: Aboriginal Australians; Angewandte Linguistik; Discourse analysis, Narrative; Discourse analysis, Narrative - Australia; Discourse analysis, Narrative - English-speaking countries; English-speaking countries; Oral tradition; Oral tradition - Australia; Oral tradition - English-speaking countries; Storytelling; Storytelling - Australia; Storytelling - English-speaking countries
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: 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 matter
• Sommario/riassunto: This 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,
• Titolo autorizzato: Narrative as Social Practice
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910462995903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Language, Power and Social Process [LPSP]