Upper Perené Arawak narratives of history, landscape, and ritual / Elena Mihas ; with Gregorio Santos Pérez and Delia Rosas Rodríguez.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mihas, Elena, author.

Contributor:

Santos Pérez, Gregorio, contributor.

Rosas Rodríguez, Delia, contributor.

University of Nebraska Press, publisher.

Caroline F. Schimmel Collection of Women in the American Wilderness (University of Pennsylvania)

Schimmel, Caroline F., donor, associated name.

Series:

Recovering languages and literacies of the Americas

Language:

English

South American Indian (Other)

Subjects (All):

Ashaninca Indians--Peru--Perene River Valley--Social life and customs.

Ashaninca Indians.

Ashaninca Indians--Peru--Perene River Valley--Rites and ceremonies.

Oral tradition.

Campa language.

Ethnology.

Rites and ceremonies.

Manners and customs.

Perene River Valley (Peru)--Social life and customs.

Perene River Valley (Peru).

Ethnology--Peru--Perene River Valley.

Campa language--Peru--Perene River Valley--Texts.

Oral tradition--Peru--Perene River Valley.

Folk literature--History and criticism.

Folk literature.

Narration (Rhetoric).

Discourse analysis.

Peru--Perene River Valley.

Genre:

Texts.

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Penn Provenance:

Schimmel, Caroline F. (donor) (Schimmel Collection copy)

Physical Description:

lxxviii pages, 2 unnumbered pages, 402 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Lincoln ; and London : University of Nebraska Press, [2014]

Language Note:

Original texts in Asheninca (Ashéninka) with English translation following each text.

Summary:

"A comprehensive bilingual collection of Ashéninka Perené 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 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"-- Provided by publisher.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [373]-386) and index.

Local Notes:

Schimmel Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2016 by Caroline F. Schimmel.

Schimmel Collection copy: dust jacket retained.

ISBN:

9780803245372

0803245378

OCLC:

877370324