Talking on the Page : Editing Aboriginal Oral Texts.
Essays examine the problems inherent in attempting to record oral cultures for a visual society. What happens when the oral stories, beliefs, or histories of North American Native peoples are transferred to paper or other media?
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| Language: | English |
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Toronto :
University of Toronto Press,
1999.
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| Series: | Conference on Editorial Problems.
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| Online Access: | CONNECT |
Table of Contents:
- Intro
- Contents
- Notes on Contributors
- Introduction
- 1 The paradox of talking on the page: Some aspects of the Tlingit and Haida experience
- 2 How do we learn language? What do we learn?
- 3 Writing voices speaking: Native authors and an oral aesthetic
- 4 Doing things with words: Putting performance on the page
- 5 It shall not end anywhere: Transforming oral traditions
- 6 The social life of texts: Editing on the page and in performance
- Previous Conference Publications.
