Oral Traditions and the Verbal Arts: A Guide to Research Practices

by Ruth Finnegan

Book Overview

The study of oral traditions and verbal arts leads into an area of human culture to which anthropologists are increasingly turning their attention. Oral Traditions and the Verbal Arts provides up-to-date guidance on how to approach the study of oral form and their performances, treating both the practicalities of fieldwork and the methods by which oral texts and performances can be observed, collected or analysed. It also relates to those current...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415048419
• ISBN13: 9780415048415
• Release Date: May 1991
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.5"