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Oral tradition as history / Jan Vansina

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Wisconsin : The University of Wisconsin Press c 1985 Description: xvi, 258 pages ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 0299102149
  • 9780299102142
  • 0299102106
  • 9780299102104
  • 0852550065
  • 9780852550069
  • 0852550073
  • 9780852550076
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Online version:: Oral tradition as history.DDC classification:
  • ARCH YNDC 907 V279O  19
LOC classification:
  • D16 .V2784 1985
Contents:
Oral tradition as process -- Performance, tradition, and text -- Getting the message -- The message is a social product -- The message expresses culture -- Tradition as information remembered -- Oral tradition assessed
Summary: A comprehensive study of the importance of oral tradition of various ancient societies to the work and research of students and scholars of history, anthropology, folklore, and ethno-history
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Archives Archives SAIACS Archives Room Yandell Collection ARCH YNDC 907 V279O (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Not for loan 062749

Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-245) and index

Oral tradition as process -- Performance, tradition, and text -- Getting the message -- The message is a social product -- The message expresses culture -- Tradition as information remembered -- Oral tradition assessed

A comprehensive study of the importance of oral tradition of various ancient societies to the work and research of students and scholars of history, anthropology, folklore, and ethno-history

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