Narrative as Social Practice : : Anglo-Western and Australian Aboriginal Oral Traditions /

Narrative as Social Practice : : Anglo-Western and Australian Aboriginal Oral Traditions / / Danièle M. Klapproth.

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Narrative as Social Practice sets out to explore the complex and fascinating interrelatedness of narrative and culture. It does so by contrasting the oral storytelling traditions of two widely divergent cultures - Anglo-Western culture and the Central Australian culture of the Pitjantjatjara/Yankuny...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Linguistics and Semiotics 2000 - 2014
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Klapproth, Danièle M.,
Place / Publishing House:Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2009]
©2004
Year of Publication:2009
Language:English
Series:Language, Power and Social Process [LPSP] , 13
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Physical Description:1 online resource (456 p.) :; 2 maps
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Chapter 1. Introduction
  • Part One. In the web of the wor(l)d: The narrative structuring of experience
  • Chapter 2. Creating webs of significace: The role of narrative in socio-cultural construction of reality
  • Chapter 3. The narrative sharing of words: Storytelling as communicative interaction
  • Chapter 4. Exploring the structure of narrated worlds: The search for study schemata
  • Part Two. Storytelling as social practice: A cross-cultural perspective
  • Chapter 5. The Beautiful and the Beasty: Cultural specifics of Anglo-Western narrative aesthetics
  • Chapter 6. Always keeping track: Text building strategies in Pitjantjatjara and Yankunyjatjara storytelling
  • Chapter 7. Holding the world in place: The interrelatedness of story, practice, and culture
  • Chapter 8. Conclusions and implications
  • Backmatter

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