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Word, sound, image : the life of the Tamil text / Saskia Kersenboom.
- Title
- Word, sound, image : the life of the Tamil text / Saskia Kersenboom.
- Author
- Kersenboom-Story, Saskia C.
- Publication
- Oxford ; Washington, D.C. : Berg Publishers, 1995.
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- Description
- xx, 259 pages : illustrations; 22 cm +
- Summary
- 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. A Compact Disc Interactive (CD-i) included with this book allows readers to see for themselves how multimedia can add meaning and complement traditional text-based studies.
- Series Statement
- Explorations on anthropology, 1352-8068
- Uniform Title
- Explorations on anthropology
- Subject
- Tamil (Indic people) > Folklore
- Tamil (Indic people) > Rites and ceremonies
- Folklore > Performance > India, South
- Oral tradition > India, South
- Folk literature, Tamil
- Tamil language > Prosodic analysis
- Tamil language > Texts
- Folk literature, Tamil
- Folklore > Performance
- Oral tradition
- Tamil (Indic people)
- Tamil (Indic people) > Rites and ceremonies
- Tamil language
- Tamil language > Prosodic analysis
- Tamil (taal)
- Mondelinge literatuur
- Tamouls (peuple d'Asie du Sud) > Folklore
- Folklore > Inde (sud)
- Tamouls (peuple d'Asie du Sud) > Rites et cérémonies
- Tradition orale > Inde (sud)
- Littérature populaire tamoule > Inde (sud)
- Tamoul (langue) > Analyse prosodique
- Tamoul (langue) > Textes
- South India
- Tamil literature
- Genre/Form
- Folklore
- Texts
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-245) and index.
- System Details (note)
- System requirements for computer disc: no information supplied.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- 1. Introduction -- pt. I. Habitus. 2. Text. 3. World. 4. Performer -- pt. II. Praxis. 5. Speech Artefact. 6. Form. 7. Content -- pt. III. Representation. 8. Orientation. 9. Reproduction. 10. Objectification. 11. Translation.
- ISBN
- 085496424X
- 9780854964246
- 1859730086
- 9781859730089
- LCCN
- ^^^96004418^
- OCLC
- 34076884
- SCSB-11412684
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library