The accomplishments and enduring influence of renowned anthropologist Dell Hymes are showcased in these essays by leading practitioners in the field. Hymes (1927–2009) is arguably best known for his pioneering work in ethnopoetics, a studied approach to Native verbal art that elucidates cultural significance and aesthetic form. As these essays amply demonstrate, nearly six decades later ethnopoetics and Hymes’s focus on narrative inequality and voice provide a still valuable cri...
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Introduction
’Introducing Ethnopoetics: Hymes’s Legacy, ’ Anthony K. Webster and Paul V. Kroskrity
[section] Listening for Voices
1 'Reinventing Ethnopoetics, ’ Robe...
O autorze
Paul V. Kroskrity is Professor of Anthropology and Chair of American Indian Studies at UCLA, where he has taught since earning his Ph D in anthropology from Indiana Univer...