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The passionate fact : storytelling in natural history and cultural interpretation / Susan Strauss. [electronic resource]

International Bibliography of Theatre and Dance Available from 1996 until 1996. Available online

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Strauss, Susan.
Series:
Environmental communication
Environmental communication The passionate fact
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Interpretation of cultural and natural resources.
Storytelling.
Natural history--Study and teaching--Activity programs.
Natural history.
Interpretation of cultural and natural resources--Activity programs--Study and teaching.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (viii, 152 p. ) ill. ;
Place of Publication:
Golden, Colo. : North American Press, c1996.
Language Note:
English
Contents:
The passionate fact: story speaking versus information giving
A world layered in story: types of story and how they work
Literary, visual and musical: storytelling
a three-part art
Moralizing and the message, or, the moral to the story and other false ideas about what a story does
Science as archetype: myth as truth
Telling scientific fact as story
Learning from our continental elders: native american myths
Researching a story with head and heart
Entering the oral tradition: practical practice techniques
Voice, gesture and movement.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 144-147) and index.
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
ISBN:
1-55591-925-1

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