Talking on the Page

. Ed(s): Murray, Laura J.; Rice, Keren

ISBN 10: 0802082300 / ISBN 13: 9780802082305

Published by University of Toronto Press, 1999

About this Item

Essays examine the problems inherent in attempting to record oral cultures for a visual society. What happens when the oral stories, beliefs, or histories of North American Native peoples are transferred to paper or other media? Editor(s): Murray, Laura J.; Rice, Keren. Series: Conference on Editorial Problems. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: CF; CJB; CJCW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 10. Weight in Grams: 225. . 1999. Paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Talking on the Page
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Publication Date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0802082300
• ISBN 13: 9780802082305
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

About this title

Synopsis

The worlds of readers and writers on the one hand and listeners and speakers on the other differ in many ways. What happens when the stories, beliefs, or histories of North American Native people, many traditionally communicated orally, are transferred to paper or other media? Why do tellers, teachers, editors, filmmakers, and translators undertake this work? What do the words mean for different audiences? How can they be most effectively and responsibly presented and interpreted? This collection of essays confronts these and other issues that arise in attempting to record oral cultures for a visual society. The book contains an introduction by the editors, and papers by Nora Marks Dauenhauer and Richard Dauenhauer, Kimberly M. Blaeser, J. Edward Chamberlain, Victor Masayesva Jr., and Julie Cruikshank.

About the Author

Laura J. Murray is Assistant Professor, Department of English, Queen’s University. Keren D. Rice is Professor, Department of Linguistics, University of Toronto.