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The Oral and Beyond: Doing Things with Words in Africa by Ruth H. Finnegan PB
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller Notes
- “Very Good +++”
- Binding
- Paperback
- Product Group
- Book
- Weight
- 1 lbs
- IsTextBook
- No
- ISBN
- 9780226249728
- EAN
- 9780226249728
- Subject Area
- Social Science, Language Arts & Disciplines
- Publication Name
- Oral and Beyond : Doing Things with Words in Africa
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Item Length
- 9 in
- Subject
- Folklore & Mythology, Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Linguistics / General
- Publication Year
- 2007
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.8 in
- Item Weight
- 17.3 Oz
- Item Width
- 6 in
- Number of Pages
- 320 Pages
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
ISBN-10
0226249727
ISBN-13
9780226249728
eBay Product ID (ePID)
59080183
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
320 Pages
Publication Name
Oral and Beyond : Doing Things with Words in Africa
Language
English
Subject
Folklore & Mythology, Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Linguistics / General
Publication Year
2007
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Social Science, Language Arts & Disciplines
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.8 in
Item Weight
17.3 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
2007-005768
Dewey Edition
22
TitleLeading
The
Dewey Decimal
398.2096
Synopsis
With her 1976 book Oral Literature in Africa , Ruth Finnegan almost single-handedly created the field of ethnography of language. Now, Finnegan has gathered and updated a selection of her best work on oral literature, performance, and the creative use of language in Africa, along with several new essays that broaden and extend her ideas. The Oral and Beyond looks simultaneously backwards and forwards, reviewing and critiquing the achievements of scholarship on African oral literature, revisiting issues of perennial contention, and highlighting some of the most interesting new ideas and approaches in the field. Exploring such fundamental questions as how texts and textuality relate to performance, how ideology inflects language, and how traditional forms adapt to modern media and popular culture, Finnegan essentially crafts an intellectual history of her field. At the same time, she propels the ethnography of language forward, bringing the techniques and knowledge developed through her fieldwork in Africa to bear on issues that transcend African studies and reach into the larger world of anthropology and beyond., With her 1976 book "Oral Literature in Africa," Ruth Finnegan almost single-handedly created the field of ethnography of language. Now, Finnegan has gathered and updated a selection of her best work on oral literature, performance, and the creative use of language in Africa, along with several new essays that broaden and extend her ideas. "The Oral and Beyond" looks simultaneously backwards and forwards, reviewing and critiquing the achievements of scholarship on African oral literature, revisiting issues of perennial contention, and highlighting some of the most interesting new ideas and approaches in the field. Exploring such fundamental questions as how texts and textuality relate to performance, how ideology inflects language, and how traditional forms adapt to modern media and popular culture, Finnegan essentially crafts an intellectual history of her field. At the same time, she propels the ethnography of language forward, bringing the techniques and knowledge developed through her fieldwork in Africa to bear on issues that transcend African studies and reach into the larger world of anthropology and beyond.
LC Classification Number
GR350.F556 2007
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