Oral Patterns of Performance : Story and Song

Oral Patterns of Performance : Story and Song /

To many Native American cultures, songs and stories are dramatic enactments of reality. To some words bring reality into existence. In this chapter from his award-winning The Anguish of Snails, Toelken thoughtfully approaches a number of stories from Native American traditions. He discusses how narr...

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Main Author: Toelken, Barre
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Boulder : Published by Utah State University Press, ab imprint of University Press of Colorado, 2014
Series:Current arguments in folklore.
Subjects:
Indians of North America > West (U.S.) > Folklore.
Folklore > Performance > West (U.S.)
Oral tradition > West (U.S.)
Folklore > Methodology.
Folklore > United States.
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