TY - BOOK ID - 78716661 TI - Upper Perené Arawak narratives of history, landscape, and ritual AU - Mihas, Elena AU - Santos Pérez, Gregorio AU - Rosas Rodríguez, Delia PY - 2014 SN - 0803265298 080326528X 9780803265288 9780803245372 0803245378 9780803265295 9780803265301 0803265301 PB - Lincoln DB - UniCat KW - SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural. KW - HISTORY / Latin America / South America. KW - SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / Native American Studies. KW - Discourse analysis. KW - Campa language KW - Ethnology KW - Ashaninca Indians KW - Ashaninca Campa Indians KW - Ashaninka Indians KW - Asheninca Campa Indians KW - Asheninca Indians KW - Campa Indians KW - Indians of South America KW - Cultural anthropology KW - Ethnography KW - Races of man KW - Social anthropology KW - Anthropology KW - Human beings KW - Ande language KW - Anti language KW - Asháninca language KW - Asheninca language KW - Asheninca Campa language KW - Atiri language KW - Atziri language KW - Kuruparia language KW - Thampa language KW - Campa languages KW - Discourse grammar KW - Text grammar KW - Semantics KW - Semiotics KW - Social life and customs. KW - Perene River Valley (Peru) KW - Perene Valley (Peru) KW - Oral tradition KW - Folk literature KW - Narration (Rhetoric) KW - Rites and ceremonies. KW - History and criticism. KW - Narrative (Rhetoric) KW - Narrative writing KW - Rhetoric KW - Discourse analysis, Narrative KW - Narratees (Rhetoric) KW - Folklore KW - Tradition, Oral KW - Oral communication KW - Oral history KW - History and criticism UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:78716661 AB - "Published through the Recovering Languages and Literacies of the Americas initiative, supported by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. The rich storytelling traditions of the Ashéninka Perené Arawaks of eastern Peru are showcased in this bilingual collection of traditional narratives, ethnographic accounts, women's autobiographical stories, songs, chants, and ritual speeches. The Ashéninkas are located in the colonization frontier at the foot of the eastern Andes and the western fringe of the Amazonian jungle. Unfortunately, their language has a slim chance of surviving because only about three hundred fluent speakers remain. This volume collects and preserves the power and vitality of Ashéninka oral and linguistic traditions, as told by thirty members of the Native community. Upper Perene Arawak Narratives of History, Landscape, and Ritual covers a range of themes in the Ashéninka oral tradition, through genres such as myths, folk tales, autobiographical accounts, and ethnographic texts about customs and rituals, as well as songs, chants, and oratory. Transcribed and translated by a specialist in Ashéninka language varieties, Elena Mihas, and grounded in the actual performances of Asheninka speakers, this collection makes these stories available in English for the first time. Each original text in Ashéninka is accompanied by an English translation and each theme is introduced with an essay providing biographical, cultural, and linguistic information. The result is a masterful, authoritative, yet entertaining and provocative collection of oral literature that vividly testifies to the power of Ashéninka storytelling"-- ER -