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Overview"Gerardo Reichel-Dolmatoff spent much of his life studying the oral culture of the Tukano Indians in the Northwest Amazon, including 20 years simply learning the four key Tukanoan languages. Through his translations and commentaries of the yurupari fertility mythologem and ritual complex, Tukano oral art is revealed as an important expression of tribal philosophical and religious thought. The four Tukano ""texts"" in this volume, ""speak of emotions, paint images and construct sceneries"". They contain coded cultural history and lead us into the meaning of oral traditions: meaning contained in admonitions, instructions, and explanations which constitute the fundamental precepts of social customs, conflict resolution, gender attitudes, and ecology. Reichel-Dolmatoff places the analytical study of South American oral art on a par with the great exegetic traditions of the Old World." Full Product DetailsAuthor: Gerardo Reichel–dolmatoPublisher: Harvard University Press Imprint: Harvard University Press Dimensions: Width: 15.90cm , Height: 3.00cm , Length: 23.40cm Weight: 0.744kg ISBN: 9780945454083ISBN 10: 0945454082 Pages: 352 Publication Date: 01 August 1996 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Out of Print Availability: Out of stock  Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationGerardo Reichel-Dolmatoff was, until his death in 1994, Professor Emeritus of Anthropology, Universidad de los Andes, in Bogotá, Colombia, and Adjunct Professor of Anthropology, University of California, Los Angeles. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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