Book
Two evenings in Saramaka
University of Chicago Press • Chicago • Published In 1991 • Pages:
By: Price, Richard, Price, Sally.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This work is largely a transcript of two evenings of folk-telling among the Saramakas. It is common for close family and friends to gather together on the last evening of a funeral and tell folktales. The Prices taped two such events during their initial fieldwork (1966-1968) and later had them transcribed (1986-1989). The intent was to convey in text the whole performance and not just the tale narrative. The text includes all interjections, diversions, jokes, songs, etc. In the introduction the Prices describe funerals and the convention of folktale performances. They also provide a synopsis for each tale and document their sources, variations, and other background information.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Verbal arts
- Music
- Spirits and gods
- Sexuality
- Texts
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Saramaka
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 1999
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- South America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Amazon and Orinoco
- 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.
- Ethnologist
- 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.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Ian Skoggard ; 1997
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1966-1968
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1968
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Suriname
- NotesAdditional notes
- Richard Price and Sally Price ; with musical transcriptions by Kenneth M. Bilby
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 413-417)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 90035941
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Saramacca (Surinam people)