Speaking in other voices : an ethnography of Walloon puppet theaters / Joan Gross.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gross, Joan.

Series:

Pragmatics & beyond ; new ser. 91.

Pragmatics & beyond, 0922-842X ; new ser. 91

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Puppet theater--Belgium--Wallonia--History.

Puppet theater.

Puppet theater--Belgium--Liege--History.

Puppet plays, French--Belgium--Wallonia--History and criticism.

Puppet plays, French.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (369 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam, Netherlands ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins, c2001.

Language Note:

English.

Summary:

Linking actual instances of language use with structures of social power in francophone Belgium, Gross outlines the history and contemporary configuration of rod puppetry in Liège. The analysis of this working classperformance art moves between what occurs on and off stage. As puppeteers speak in other voices, sometimes in Walloon and sometimes in French, they create a sociolinguistic model based on 19th century renditions of medieval texts, the voices of past puppeteers, and the language that surrounds them. The high level of linguistic reflexivity created by the regional language movement has led to frequent metalinguistic and metapragmatic commentaries within the puppet shows. This complex speech genre embedded in social context shows the influence of identity struggles: from local class oppositions to imperial designs abroad. Keeping a tight focus on language, Speaking in Other Voices examines the process of entextualization and recontextualization as stories of war and religion are transmitted to succeeding generations.

Contents:

SPEAKING IN OTHER VOICES

Editorial page

Title page

LCC data

Dedication

Table of Contents

List of Photographs

List of charts and excerpts from scripts, performances and Walloon literature

Preface

Acknowledgements

CHAPTER 1: Introduction

CHAPTER 2: Heteroglossia in Liège

CHAPTER 3: Class and Culture in 19th Century Liège and the Rise of the Puppet Theater

CHAPTER 4: Manipulations and Transformations

CHAPTER 5: Past Voices in the Present and the Practice of Puppetry

CHAPTER 6: Entextualization / Intertextuality

CHAPTER 7: Closing Intertextual Gaps

CHAPTER 8: Embodying Identities

CHAPTER 9: Religion and War

CHAPTER 10: The World of Puppets, The World of Puppeteers: Politics in Performance

Conclusion

Notes

Appendix 1: Decallais Collection

List of Published References

Archival Sources

Index

The PRAGMATICS AND BEYOND NEW SERIES.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [297]-315) and index.

ISBN:

9786612162428

9781282162426

128216242X

9789027298089

9027298084

OCLC:

70769045