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The Spoken Word and the Work of Interpretation (Conduct and Communication)
Dennis Tedlock
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Description for The Spoken Word and the Work of Interpretation (Conduct and Communication)
Paperback. Series: Conduct & Communication. Num Pages: 376 pages, 8 illus. BIC Classification: JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 557.
Dennis Tedlock presents startling new methods for transcribing, translating, and interpreting oral performance that carry wide implications for all areas of the spoken arts. Moreover, he reveals how the categories and concepts of poetics and hermeneutics based in Western literary traditions cannot be carried over in their entirety to the spoken arts of other cultures but require extensive reevaluation.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1983
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
Condition
New
Series
Conduct & Communication
Number of Pages
376
Place of Publication
Pennsylvania, United States
ISBN
9780812211436
SKU
V9780812211436
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Ref
99-15
Reviews for The Spoken Word and the Work of Interpretation (Conduct and Communication)
"A significant event in the intersection of several circles: Americanists, folklorists, anthropologists, literary scholars, and linguists. . . . A call for acceptance of the spoken natural reality. Skillfully entertaining and deserving to be heard."—Dell Hymes "This book provides the tools for doing the careful and poetic work that refocuses attention on speech. This attention has put Tedlock at the ... Read more