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Word, Sound, Image: The Life of the Tamil Text Saskia Kersenboom 9781859730089

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This original and radical book challenges dominant parameters of literacy by comparing the oral tradition of the Tamils in South India with the Western culture of printed text. In India, traditional texts are always performed; as a result, form and meaning can change depending on the occasion. This is the opposite of Western communication through publication which is a static representation of knowledge. The author examines the reasons for the differences between the Indian and Western textual traditions, and describes how text lives through the performing arts of words, sound and imagery. She argues that interactive multimedia is the first Western communication form to represent oral traditions effectively.

Also available in hardback, 9780854964246 GBP50.00 (November, 1995)

About the Author
Saskia Kersenboom Associate Professor in Linguistic Anthropology,University of Amsterdam

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'... a remarkable performance - imaginative and thought provoking.'Stephen Tyler, Rice University'an inspired and intelligent demonstration that a text lives complex lives. [...] an important contribution to the study of texts in performance.'Social Anthropology



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ISBN 9781859730089
Author Saskia Kersenboom
Format Paperback
Page Count 280
Imprint Berg Publishers
Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
Weight(grams) 1040g

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