Word, Sound, Image

The Life of the Tamil Text
1. Auflage 1995
ISBN: 978-1-85973-008-9
Verlag: Bloomsbury Academic

Buch, Englisch, 280 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 214 mm, Gewicht: 1040 g

Reihe: Explorations in Anthropology

This original and radical book challenges dominant parameters of literacy by comparing the oral tradition of the Tamils in South India with the Western culture of printed text. In India, traditional texts are always performed; as a result, form and meaning can change depending on the occasion. This is the opposite of Western communication through publication which is a static representation of knowledge. The author examines the reasons for the differences between the Indian and Western textual traditions, and describes how text lives through the performing arts of words, sound and imagery. She argues that interactive multimedia is the first Western communication form to represent oral traditions effectively.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kersenboom, Saskia

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Volkskunde: Sitten, Traditionen, Mythen, Legenden
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Soziologie des Brauchtums und der Traditionen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Contents: Introduction - Texts, Data, Knowledge Representation - Part I: Habitus - Text - World - Performer - Part II: Praxis - Speech Artefact - Form - Content - Part III: Representation - Reproduction - Objectification - Translation - Conclusion

Über Autor(innen)

Saskia Kersenboom Associate Professor in Linguistic Anthropology,University of Amsterdam