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Creating Context in Andean Cultures (Oxford Studies in Anthropological Linguistics)

By Penny Dransart , Rosaleen Howard-Malverde (Ed.) , Rosaleen Howard-Malverde , Penelope Harvey , Luis Millones , Joanne Rappaport , Catherine J. Allen , Demise Arnold , Willem Adelaar , Sabine Dedenbach-Salazar Sáenz , Martin Lienhard , Sarah Lund , Tristan Platt (Authors)

Book information

Publisher
Oxford University Press
Year
1997
ISBN
0195109147, 9780195109146, 9781429414661
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
18 MB (19263654 bytes)
Series
Oxford Studies in Anthropological Linguistics
Edition
Trade
Pages
272\270
Topic
Education
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

A major concern in current anthropological thinking is that the method of recording or translating into writing a society's cultural expressions--dance, rituals, pottery, the social use of space, et al--cannot help but fundamentally alter the meaning of the living words and deeds of the culture in question. Consequently, recent researchers have developed more dialogic methods for collecting, interpreting, and presenting data. These new techniques have yielded much success for anthropologists working in Latin America, especially in their efforts to understand how economically, politically, and socially subordinated groups use culture and language to resist the dominant national culture and to assert a distinct historical identity. This collection addresses these issues of "texts" and textuality as it explores various Latin American languages and cultures.

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