Oral Traditions and the Verbal Arts: A Guide to Research Practices

Finnegan, Ruth

ISBN 10: 0415048419 / ISBN 13: 9780415048415

Verlag: Routledge, 2004

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Provides up-to-date guidance on how to approach the study of oral forms and their performances, examining both the practicalities of fieldwork and the methods by which oral texts and performances can be observed, collected and analysed.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor: Ruth Finnegan OBE FBA is Emeritus Professor The Open University, Foreign Associate of the Finnish Literature Bureau, and International Fellow of the American Folklore Society. An anthropologist and multi-award author, she has published extensively, chiefly on Africa, musical practice, and English urban life. Recent books include How is Language?, Fiji's Music: Where Did It Come From?, her edited Entrancement: The Consciousness of Dreaming, Music and The World, and several prize-winning Africa-influenced novels, including The Black Inked Pearl and Voyage of Pearl of the Seas.

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Titel: Oral Traditions and the Verbal Arts: A Guide...
Verlag: Routledge
Erscheinungsdatum: 2004
Einband: Paperback
Zustand: Very Good
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