The Social Life of Stories
Download or Read eBook The Social Life of Stories PDF written by Julie Cruikshank and published by UBC Press. This book was released on 2000-08 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
| Author | : Julie Cruikshank |
| Publisher | : UBC Press |
| Total Pages | : 260 |
| Release | : 2000-08 |
| ISBN-10 | : 0774806494 |
| ISBN-13 | : 9780774806497 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (94 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis The Social Life of Stories by : Julie Cruikshank
Book excerpt: In this illuminating and theoretically sophisticated study of indigenous oral narratives, Julie Cruikshank moves beyond the text to explore the social power and significance of storytelling. Circumpolar Native peoples today experience strikingly different and often competing systems of narrative and knowledge. These systems include more traditional oral stories; the authoritative, literate voice of the modern state; and the narrative forms used by academic disciplines to represent them to outsiders.
