Pub Date: October 30, 2020
Lexile Code: 0000
Features: Illustrated, Maps
Target Age Group: NA to NA
Physical Info: 0.44" H x 9.21" L x 6.14" W ( 0.95 lbs) 162 pages
BISAC Categories:
Social Science | Anthropology | Cultural and Social | Indigenous Studies | Sociology | General | Language Arts and Disciplines | Linguistics | Translating and Interpreting | Literary Criticism | Poetry | Customs and Traditions | Medical | Surgery | Oral and Maxillofacial | Cultural and Ethnic Studies | Regional Studies
Description: This book deals with the language and orality of the indigenous people from Asia, Australia, North America and South America. It looks at oral transmission of memory and culture, literary production and transmission, the nature of creativity of indigenous communities, the risk of a complete decline of their languages and conservation attempts.