An Ethnopoetic analysis of a Traditional Kashaya Gambling Narrative

Authors

  • Mary Swift

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17161/KWPL.1808.453

Keywords:

Kashaya Indians-- Folk literature

Abstract

In this paper I examine the text of a traditional Kashaya narrative which depicts a gambling game between coast and forest creatures. I propose an analysis of the meaning and organization of the text in terms of its cultural context as well as its poetic and rhetorical structure.

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Vol. 20 (1995): Kansas Working Papers in Linguistics: Volume 20, (1995)

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How to Cite

Swift, . M. (1995). An Ethnopoetic analysis of a Traditional Kashaya Gambling Narrative. Kansas Working Papers in Linguistics, 20, 165-194. https://doi.org/10.17161/KWPL.1808.453