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Oratory in native North America / William M. Clements.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Clements, William M., 1945-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Speeches, addresses, etc., Indian--North America.
- Speeches, addresses, etc., Indian.
- Oratory--North America.
- Oratory.
- North America.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 186 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Tucson : University of Arizona Press, [2002]
- Summary:
- Examines speeches made by Native Americans throughout North America as recorded by whites, such as observations of treaty negotiations, accounts by travelers, missionaries' reports, captivity narratives, and soldiers' memoirs.
- Contents:
- The attraction of eloquence : why oratory?
- Sources and resources for Native American oratory
- The play of tropes in Native American oratory
- From performance through dialogism to efficacy.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [163]-177) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0816521824
- OCLC:
- 48876477
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