Oral tradition as history /

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Author / Creator:Vansina, Jan
Imprint:Madison, Wis. : University of Wisconsin Press, 1985.
Description:xvi, 258 p. ; 22 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/661322
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ISBN:0299102106 : $27.50
0299102149 (pbk.) : $9.75
Notes:Includes index.
Bibliography: p. 229-245.
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Oral Tradition as History
  • Chapter 2. Performance, Tradition, and Text
  • Chapter 3. Getting the Message
  • Chapter 4. the Message is a Social Product
  • Chapter 5. the Message Expresses Culture
  • Chapter 6. Tradition as Information Remembered
  • Chapter 7. Oral Tradition Assessed
  • Notes: Bibliography Index
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index