Myth, Ritual and the Oral
- Author: Jack Goody, University of Cambridge
- Date Published: September 2010
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- isbn: 9780511904202
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In Myth, Ritual and the Oral Jack Goody, one of the world's most distinguished anthropologists, returns to the related themes of myth, orality and literacy, subjects that have long been a touchstone in anthropological thinking. Combining classic papers with recent unpublished work, this volume brings together some of the most important essays written on these themes in the past half century, representative of a lifetime of critical engagement and research. In characteristically clear and accessible style, Jack Goody addresses fundamental conceptual schemes underpinning modern anthropology, providing potent critiques of current theoretical trends. Drawing upon his highly influential work on the LoDagaa myth of the Bagre, Goody challenges structuralist and functionalist interpretations of oral 'literature', stressing the issues of variation, imagination and creativity, and the problems of methodology and analysis. These insightful, and at times provocative, essays will stimulate fresh debate and prove invaluable to students and teachers of social anthropology.
Read more- The summation of a lifetime's study of myth, orality and literacy
- Clear and accessible critiques of current theoretical trends by one of the world's leading social scientists
- An invaluable and highly adoptable collection for all students of social anthropology
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- Date Published: September 2010
- format: Adobe eBook Reader
- isbn: 9780511904202
- availability: This ISBN is for an eBook version which is distributed on our behalf by a third party.
Table of Contents
Introduction
1. Religion and ritual from Tylor to Parsons: the definitional problem
2. Oral 'literature'
3. The anthropologist and the tape-recorder
4. Oral creativity
5. The folktale and cultural history
6. Animals, men and gods in northern Ghana
7. The Bagre in all its variety
8. From oral to written: a breakthrough in story-telling
9. Writing and oral memory: the importance of the lecto-oral
Appendix. Folktales in northern Ghana
Bibliography.Instructors have used or reviewed this title for the following courses
- Books of Fate, Books of the Ancestors: Astrology and History in Ancient Mesoamerica
- Ritual and Its Studies
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