{"product_id":"george-swords-warrior-narratives-9781496201560","title":"George Swords Warrior Narratives","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e Published through the Recovering Languages and Literacies of the Americas initiative, supported by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation \u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e The general focus in Lakota oral literary research has been on\u003ci\u003e content\u003c\/i\u003erather than \u003ci\u003eprocess\u003c\/i\u003ewithin oral traditions. In this groundbreaking study of the characteristics of Lakota oral style, Delphine Red Shirt shows how its composition and structure are reflected in the work of George Sword, who composed 245 pages of text in the Lakota language using the English alphabet. What emerges in Sword’s Lakota narratives are the formulaic patterns inherent in the Lakota language that are used to tell the narratives, as well as recurring themes and story patterns.Red Shirt’s primary conclusion is that this cadence originates from a distinctly Lakota oral tradition.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Red Shirt analyzeshistorical documents and original texts in Lakota to answer the question: How is Lakota literature defined? Her pioneering work unc\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Delphine Red Shirt provides a valuable, culturally informed analysis of a selection of texts authored by George Sword, one of the most noteworthy of historical Lakota figures spanning the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.\"—Debra K. S. Barker, \u003ci\u003eGreat Plains Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This study is recommended for those interested in folklore, oral literature, American Indian studies, or narrative studies. The book can also be taught in folklore theory classes, alongside \u003ci\u003eThe Singer of Tales\u003c\/i\u003e, as a successful application of oral-formulaic theory to American Indian oral literature.\"—Joshua Chrysler, \u003ci\u003eJournal of Folklore Research\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Students of anthropology, linguistics, and world literature will be delighted to see a Native American case that is parallel to Albert Lord’s classic, \u003ci\u003eThe Singer of Tales\u003c\/i\u003e, which showed how ancient bards managed to memorize lengthy oral narratives as epic poetry, performed as song. Red Shirt’s book will soon be a classic itself.”—Sean O’Neill, associate professor of linguistic anthropology at the University of Oklahoma and author of \u003ci\u003eCultural Contact and Linguistic Relativity among the Indians of Northwestern California \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e 1. Lakota Tradition\u003cbr\u003e 2. Lakota Practice\u003cbr\u003e 3. George Sword\u003cbr\u003e 4. Lakota Formulas\u003cbr\u003e 5. Textual Analysis\u003cbr\u003e 6. Lakota Theme\u003cbr\u003e 7. Traditional Implications\u003cbr\u003e Appendix 1: Narrative 1 and Literary Translation\u003cbr\u003e Appendix 2: Narrative 2 and Literary Translation\u003cbr\u003e Appendix 3: Narrative 3 and Literary Translation\u003cbr\u003e Appendix 4: Sun Dance Narrative and Literary Translation\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e References\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"University of Nebraska Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49409216315735,"sku":"9781496201560","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781496201560.jpg?v=1730505985","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/george-swords-warrior-narratives-9781496201560","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}