Format:
Online-Ressource (ix, 228 p)
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ill
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24 cm
Edition:
1st ed
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2011 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
1578069874
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9781578069873
Content:
Felicia R. McMahon breaks new ground in the presentation and analysis of emerging traditions of the \"Lost Boys,\" a group of parentless youths who fled Sudan under tragic circumstances in the 1990s. With compelling insight, McMahon analyzes the oral traditions of the DiDinga Lost Boys, about whom very little is known. Her vibrant ethnography provides intriguing details about the performances and conversations of the young DiDinga in Syra-cuse, New York. It also offers important insights to scholars and others who work with refugee groups. The author argues that the playful tradition
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 214-223) and index
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Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Men Meet (But Mountains Do Not); 2. Encountering Ethnography; 3. Surveying the Landscape; 4. Entextualization and Kinesthetic Communication; 5. Memory, Childhood, and Restored Behavior; 6. Cultural Intervention and Mediation; 7. Gendered Performance; 8. Conclusion: "I Carried It in My Heart"; Appendix A: "Bull-Song of Auranomi" and "The Ancient Gods: A Hymn of Initiation"; Appendix B: The Songs; Notes; DiDinga-English Glossary; Bibliography; Index
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781578069873
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Not Just Childs Play : Emerging Tradition and the Lost Boys of Sudan
Language:
English
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