Ute Texts / compiled by T. Givón.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Givón, Talmy, 1936- compiler.

Contributor:

Givón, Talmy, 1936-

Southern Ute Indian Tribe of the Southern Ute Reservation, Colorado.

Series:

Culture and language use, 1879-5838 ; v. 7

Culture and Language Use ; 7

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ute language.

Ute language--Texts.

Storytelling.

Indians of North America--Colorado.

Physical Description:

xvi, 331 p.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This second volume of our Ute trilogy contains a collection of Ute oral texts. Ute oral literature reflects the life experience of a small-scale hunting-and-gathering Society of Intimates and its tight connection to the local terrain, flora and fauna that supported the hunter-gatherer life. Ute story-telling tradition is the people's literary heritage, with the narrative style allowing considerable artistic freedom and diversity in contents and style. Stories were not memorized verbatim, and story-tellers took creative liberty in elaborating and re-inventing the 'same' tale. The core cultural contents of each story are nevertheless preserved across tellers. Ute stories were most likely told at night around the fire, in front of or inside the lodge, to a mixed audience of children and adults who had heard the tale many time before. The stories aimed to both instruct and entertain. Their underlying themes are stoic and oft-cynical reflections on the vagaries of human behavior and harsh existence. They are the foundational literary tradition of The People--Núuchi-u.

Contents:

pt. 1. The Sinawav cycle

pt. 2. The coyote cycle

pt. 3. Anger, vengeance and other pitfalls

pt. 4. The ceremonial cycle

pt. 5. Varia.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9789027272423

9027272425

OCLC:

853238877