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Author:

Mihas, Elena.

Title:

Upper Peren©♭ Arawak narratives of history, landscape, and ritual / Elena Mihas ; with Gregorio Santos P©♭rez and Delia Rosas Rodr©Ưguez.

Publisher:

University of Nebraska Press,

Copyright Date:

2014

Description:

lxxviii, 402 pages ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Ashaninca Indians--Perene River Valley--Perene River Valley--Social life and customs.
Ashaninca Indians--Perene River Valley--Perene River Valley--Rites and ceremonies.
Perene River Valley (Peru)--Social life and customs.
Ethnology--Perene River Valley.--Perene River Valley.
Campa language--Perene River Valley--Perene River Valley--Texts.
Oral tradition--Perene River Valley.--Perene River Valley.
Folk literature--History and criticism.
Narration (Rhetoric)
Discourse analysis.

Other Authors:

Santos P©♭rez, Gregorio.
Rosas Rodr©Ưguez, Delia.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Summary:

"A comprehensive bilingual collection of Ash©♭ninka Peren©♭ Arawakan oral literature, including traditional narratives, ethnographic accounts of old customs and rituals, contemporary women's autobiographical stories, songs, chants, and ritual speeches"-- Provided by publisher.
"Published through the Recovering Languages and Literacies of the Americas initiative, supported by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. The rich storytelling traditions of the Ash©♭ninka Peren©♭ 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 Ash©♭ninkas 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 Ash©♭ninka 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 Ash©♭ninka 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 Ash©♭ninka 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 Ash©♭ninka 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 Ash©♭ninka storytelling"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

0803245378 (cloth : alkaline paper)
9780803245372 (cloth : alkaline paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)877370324

LCCN:

2014030510

Locations:

OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)