George Sword's Warrior Narratives: Compositional Processes in Lakota Oral Tradition Contributor(s): Red Shirt, Delphine (Author) |
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ISBN: 1496201566 ISBN-13: 9781496201560 Publisher: University of Nebraska Press OUR PRICE: $28.50 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2017 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Native American - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - Native American Studies - Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics - Historical & Comparative |
Dewey: 897.524 |
Physical Information: 0.85" H x 5.55" W x 8.24" (0.87 lbs) 360 pages |
Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Native American |
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Publisher Description: Published through the Recovering Languages and Literacies of the Americas initiative, supported by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation The general focus in Lakota oral literary research has been on content rather than process within oral traditions. In this groundbreaking study of the characteristics of Lakota oral style, Delphine Red Shirt shows how its composition and structure are reflected in the work of George Sword, who composed 245 pages of text in the Lakota language using the English alphabet. What emerges in Sword's Lakota narratives are the formulaic patterns inherent in the Lakota language that are used to tell the narratives, as well as recurring themes and story patterns. Red Shirt's primary conclusion is that this cadence originates from a distinctly Lakota oral tradition. Delphine Red Shirt (Oglala Sioux) is a lecturer in Native American studies and in the Special Languages Program (Lakota) at Stanford University. She has a PhD in American Indian studies from the University of Arizona and has previously served as chairperson of the nongovernmental organization committee on the International Decade of the World's Indigenous People. Red Shirt is the author of Bead on an Anthill: A Lakota Childhood (Nebraska, 1997) and Turtle Lung Woman's Granddaughter (Nebraska 2002).
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