A world of others' words : cross-cultural perspectives on intertextuality /

Bauman, Richard,

A world of others' words : cross-cultural perspectives on intertextuality / Richard Bauman. - Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub., 2004. - ix, 184 p. ;

Includes bibliographical references (p. [167]-177) and index.

Introduction : Genre, performance, adn the prduction of inrertxtuality -- "And the verse is thus" : Icelandic stories about magical poems -- "I'll give you three guesses" : the dynamics of genre in the riddle tale -- "What shall we give you?" : calibrations of genre in a Mexican market -- "Bell, you get the spotted pup" : first person narratives of a Texas storyteller -- "That I can't tell you" : negotiating performance with a Nova Scotia fisherman -- "Go, my reciter my words" : mediation, tradition, authority -- Epilogue.

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Communication in folklore.
Communication in anthropology.
Intertextuality.
Oral tradition.
Cross-cultural orientation.

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