Alaskan folklore and the American philological tradition
Title:
Alaskan folklore and the American philological tradition
JLCTITLE245:
Cynthea L. Ainsworth.
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
1997.
Physical Description:
xi, 254 leaves ; 28 cm.
Dissertaton Note:
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Indiana University, 1997.
Bibliography Note:
Includes bibliographical references (leaves 207-249).
Contents:
"Moccasin prints on the tundra" : challenges in the collection and analysis of Alaskan native traditional narrative -- Nineteenth century philology, Franz Boas, and Alaska in comparative folklore studies -- Twentieth century philology, Melville Jacobs, Dell Hymes, Dennis Tedlock and ethnopoetics -- The Alaskan native movement and Alaskan philologists -- Other interpretive approaches -- "Do I have to tell you everything?" : translation and interpretation in Alaskan narrative.