Verbal Art in San Blas - Kuna Culture through its Discourse (Paperback)

This book, by one of the leading scholars in linguistic anthropology, concerns the verbal art of the Kuna Indians of San Blas, Panama. The author describes a rich and varied array of Kuna verbal practices, ranging from reporting, formal speechmaking and political oratory to chants and magical communication with the spirit world. This is a world in which all knowledge and information, from history and geography to the latest sport news from Panama City, is orally conceived, perceived and transmitted, and Joel Sherzer demonstrates how experience is shaped by these verbal discourses. This book represents the complete range of verbal performances in a single Native American society. These are transcribed in the original native language from tape recordings of actual events and translated into English. It is a significant contribution to theory, practice and method in anthropology, folklore and oral literature.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Cambridge Studies in Oral and Literate Culture
Release date:	April 2009
First published:	April 2009
Authors:	Joel Sherzer
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 17mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	292
ISBN-13:	978-0-521-10711-2
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Language & linguistics > Sociolinguistics Promotions
LSN:	0-521-10711-3
Barcode:	9780521107112

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