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The monologic imagination / edited by Matt Tomlinson and Julian Millie.

LIBRA P95.455 .M66 2017
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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Tomlinson, Matt, 1970- editor.
Millie, Julian, 1967- editor.
Series:
Oxford studies in the anthropology of language
Oxford Studies in the anthropology of language
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Dialogue analysis--Political aspects.
Dialogue analysis.
Monologues.
Discourse analysis--Political aspects.
Discourse analysis.
Communication--Political aspects.
Communication.
Anthropological linguistics.
Physical Description:
x, 272 pages ; 24 cm.
Place of Publication:
New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2017]
Summary:
The Pioneering work of Mikhail Bakhtin has Led Scholars to see all discourse as "dialogical." Contributors to The Monologic Imagination argue that something is overlooked with this focus. Many speakers, especially in political and religious contexts, craft monologues-single-voiced statements to which the only expected response is agreement or faithful replication. Drawing on ethnographic case studies from the United States, Iran, Cuba, Indonesia, Algeria, and Papua New Guinea, the authors argue that a focus on "the monologic imagination" gives us new insights into languages' political design and religious force, and deepens our understandings of the necessary interplay between mono-logical and dialogical tendencies. Book jacket.
Contents:
1 Cultural Replication: The Source of Monological and Dialogical Models of Culture / Greg Urban Urban, Greg 19
2 Dialogic Prophecies and Monologic Vision / Jon Bialecki Bialecki, Jon 47
3 Monologue and Dialogism in Highland New Guinea Verbal Art / Alan Rumsey Rumsey, Alan 59
Discussion: Is It Monologic? Is It Dialogic? What Difference Does It Make? / Don Kulick Kulick, Don 81
4 "With Unity We Will Be Victorious!": A Monologic Poetics of Political "Conscientization" within the Cuban Revolution / Kristina Wirtz Wirtz, Kristina 89
5 From Neighborhood Talk to Talking for the Neighborhood / Zane Goebel Goebel, Zane 121
6 Monologue and Authority in Iran: Ethnic and Religious Heteroglossia in the Islamic Republic / James Barry Barry, James 143
Discussion: Diving into the Gap: "Words," "Voices," and the Ethnographic Implications of Linguistic Disjunctive / Krista E. van Vleet Vleet, Krista E. van 159
7 Acting with One Voice: Producing Unanimism in Algerian Reformist Theater / Jane E. Goodman Goodman, Jane E. 171
8 Creedal Monologism and Theological Articulation in the Mennonite Central Committee / Philip Fountain Fountain, Philip 203
9 The Public Metaculture of Islamic Preaching / Julian Millie Millie, Julian 231
Discussion: The Mono logic Imagination of Social Groups / Courtney Handman Handman, Courtney 251.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Other Format:
Online version: Monologic imagination.
ISBN:
9780190652814
0190652810
9780190652807
0190652802
OCLC:
967254016

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