Telling Stories the Kiowa Way

Name: Telling Stories the Kiowa Way
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ISBN: 9780816522781

ISBN-10: 0816522782

ISBN-13: 9780816522781

Edition: 2003

Authors: Gus Palmer, Gus Palmer

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Among the Kiowa, storytelling takes place under familiar circumstances. A small group of relatives and close friends gather. Tales are informative as well as entertaining. Joking and teasing are key components. Group participation is expected. And outsiders are seldom involved. This book explores the traditional art of storytelling still practiced by Kiowas today as Gus Palmer shares conversations held with storytellers. Combining narrative, personal experience, and ethnography in an original and artful way, Palmer -- an anthropologist raised in a traditional Kiowa family -- shows not only that storytelling remains an integral part of Kiowa culture but also that narratives embedded in…

Book details

List price: $19.95
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
Publication date: 4/1/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 145
Size: 6.00" wide x 8.00" long x 0.46" tall
Weight: 0.484
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction


Pronunciation Guide for Kiowa



Kiowas and Kiowa Texts



Conversations with John Tofpi



Active Participation in Oral Narratives



Knowing How and When to Tell a Story



Telling Stories within Stories



Teasing, Joking, Telling the Biggest Fib



Contextualizing and Recontextualizing Old Texts into New Texts



A Collaborative Ethnography



Last Words


Epilogue


Appendix


Notes


Works Cited


Index