First published in 1990, this linguistic study of the Kuna Indians of Panama is now available only from UNM Press.
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Combines the detailed analysis of naturally occurring texts with excursions into Kuna ideas about humor, magic, leadership, and curing. . . . an excellent, reflective study. -- Anthropological Linguistics
Sherzer focuses on concrete performances and then tries to determine how the language, culture, society, and individual creativity of the Kuna intersect and contribute to verbal art. . . . a well thought out and generously documented demonstration of what the ethnography of speaking and, more generally, linguistic anthropology are all about. -- Language
Sherzers analyses are both linguistic and ethnographic, in that he is concerned with such issues as context, creativity, and the emergent quality of culture as reflected through discourse. . . . a welcome addition to the growing body of studies on Native American oral literature, as well as to research on larger issues of anthropological theory and methods. -- American Anthropologist
Sherzer focuses on concrete performances and then tries to determine how the language, culture, society, and individual creativity of the Kuna intersect and contribute to verbal art. . . . a well thought out and generously documented demonstration of what the ethnography of speaking and, more generally, linguistic anthropology are all about. -- Language
Sherzers analyses are both linguistic and ethnographic, in that he is concerned with such issues as context, creativity, and the emergent quality of culture as reflected through discourse. . . . a welcome addition to the growing body of studies on Native American oral literature, as well as to research on larger issues of anthropological theory and methods. -- American Anthropologist
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takken soke, maci oloaktikunappi, kar soke, hot pepper story, isper tree, oloaktikunappi nele, anka soysunto, napir soke, kale tree, curing specialist, dashes between syllables, chanted version, dashes between letters, medicinal specialists, unintelligible comments, magical chants, verbal life, curing chants, gathered audience, twin performances, verbal art, ritual varieties, verbal genres, curing practices, vowel deletion Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
San Blas, The Agouti, White Prophet, Native American, South America, American Indian, Panama City, Pranki Pilos, Indeed Maci, Roman Jakobson, San Bias, Black Colombian, Muristo Pérez, Claude Lévi-Strauss, Dell Hymes, Gathering House Browse Sample Pages:
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takken soke, maci oloaktikunappi, kar soke, hot pepper story, isper tree, oloaktikunappi nele, anka soysunto, napir soke, kale tree, curing specialist, dashes between syllables, chanted version, dashes between letters, medicinal specialists, unintelligible comments, magical chants, verbal life, curing chants, gathered audience, twin performances, verbal art, ritual varieties, verbal genres, curing practices, vowel deletion Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
San Blas, The Agouti, White Prophet, Native American, South America, American Indian, Panama City, Pranki Pilos, Indeed Maci, Roman Jakobson, San Bias, Black Colombian, Muristo Pérez, Claude Lévi-Strauss, Dell Hymes, Gathering House Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Surprise Me!
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- Narrating our Pasts: The Social Construction of Oral History (Cambridge Studies in Oral and Literate Culture) by Elizabeth Tonkin in Front Matter
- Essentials of Language Documentation (Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs Tilsm) by Jost Gippert; et al. in Back Matter
- Bringing Ritual to Mind: Psychological Foundations of Cultural Forms by Robert N. McCauley in Back Matter
- Red Matters: Native American Studies (Rethinking the Americas) by Arnold Krupat in Back Matter
- Cross-Cultural Approaches to Literacy (Cambridge Studies in Oral and Literate Culture) by Brian V. Street in Front Matter
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