Word, Sound, Image : The Life of the Tamil Text

Name: Word, Sound, Image
Brand: Taylor & Francis Ltd
SKU: 9780854964246
Price: 30950 KES
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ISBN: 9780854964246

by Saskia Kersenboom

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Format Hardback

Book Series Explorations in Anthropology

ISBN-10 085496424X

ISBN-13 9780854964246

Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd

Imprint Berg Publishers

Country of Manufacture GB

Country of Publication GB

Publication Date Nov 1st, 1995

Print length 280 Pages

Weight 453 grams

Product Classification: Dance Dance Oral history Anthropology Oral history

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This original and radical book challenges dominant parameters of literacy by comparing the oral tradition of the Tamils in South India with the Western culture of printed text.

This original and radical book challenges dominant parameters of literacy by comparing the oral tradition of the Tamils in South India with the Western culture of printed text. In India, traditional texts are always performed; as a result, form and meaning can change depending on the occasion. This is the opposite of Western communication through publication which is a static representation of knowledge. The author examines the reasons for the differences between the Indian and Western textual traditions, and describes how text lives through the performing arts of words, sound and imagery. She argues that interactive multimedia is the first Western communication form to represent oral traditions effectively.

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