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Paperback Traditional Literatures of the American Indian: Texts and Interpretations (Second Edition) Book

ISBN: 0803277822

ISBN13: 9780803277823

Traditional Literatures of the American Indian: Texts and Interpretations (Second Edition)

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In American Indian societies, storytelling and speech-making are invested with special significance, crafted to reveal central psychological and social values, tensions, and ambi-guities. As Karl Kroeber notes, "It is our scholarship, not Indian storytelling, that is primitive, undeveloped." ? This book is an essential introduction to the study and appreciation of American Indian oral literatures. The essays, by leading scholars, illuminate the subtle...

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