Signs of Cherokee Culture Sequoyah's Syllabary in Eastern Cherokee Life

Name: Signs of Cherokee Culture Sequoyah's Syllabary in Eastern Cherokee Life
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ISBN: 9780807853764

ISBN-10: 0807853763

ISBN-13: 9780807853764

Edition: 2002

Authors: Margaret Bender

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Based on extensive fieldwork in the community of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians in western North Carolina, this book uses a semiotic approach to investigate the historic and contemporary role of the Sequoyan syllabary--the written system for representing the sounds of the Cherokee language--in Eastern Cherokee life. The Cherokee syllabary was invented in the 1820s by the respected Cherokee Sequoyah. The syllabary quickly replaced alternative writing systems for Cherokee and was reportedly in widespread use by the mid-nineteenth century. After that, literacy in Cherokee declined, except in specialized religious contexts. But as Bender shows, recent interest in cultural revitalization…

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List price: $42.50
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Publication date: 6/24/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 208
Size: 6.12" wide x 9.25" long x 0.48" tall
Weight: 0.638
Language: English



Preface


Note on Orthography


Introduction



Pride and Ambivalence: The Syllabary's Received History and Interpretation



Reading, Writing, and the Reproduction of Cultural Categories: Three R's of Orthographic Choice in Cherokee Language Education



Talking Leaves, Silent Leaves: Syllabary as Code



Reading the Signs: Metalinguistic Characterizations of the Syllabary



What Else You Gonna Go After?: The Commodification of the Syllabary


Conclusion


Notes


References


Index