Book
Text and context of Tlingit oral tradition
University Microfilms • Ann Arbor, Michigan • Published In 1988 • Pages:
By: Dauenhauer, Richard.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This dissertation is a study of the relationship of text and context in Tlingit oral tradition and it demonstrates the congruence of Tlingit oral literary structure and social structure. Dauenhauer analyzes three forms of oral literature - prose narrative, song, and oratory - using a combination of three critical approaches: the functional; the oral-formulaic; and the structural. The implications of this study are of both practical and theoretical significance. On the practical side Dauenhauer's research indicates that we cannot appreciate Tlingit oral tradition without first fully understanding the social structure of the people. The theoretical implications of the study verify the hypotheses of earlier researchers in oral tradition and anthropology and demonstrate the applicability of combining various critical approaches.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Theoretical orientation in research and its results
- Incorporeal property
- Music
- Literature
- Literary texts
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Tlingit
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 1997
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- North America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Northwest Coast and California
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Humanist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- John Beierle ; 1988
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1974-1975
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- not specified
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- southeastern Alaska, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- by Richard Leonard Dauenhauer
- Thesis (Ph.D.) -- University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1975
- UM 75-28,001
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 232-241)
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Tlingit Indians