Bauman, Richard 1940-

Voices of modernity : language ideologies and the politics of inequality by Richard Bauman( )

17 editions published between 2003 and 2006 in English and held by 1,597 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Language and tradition have long been relegated to the sidelines as scholars have considered the role of politics, science, technology and economics in the making of the modern world. This reading of over two centuries of philosophy, political theory, anthropology, folklore and history argues that new ways of imagining language and representing supposedly premodern people - the poor, labourers, country folk, non-europeans and women - made political and scientific revolutions possible. The connections between language ideologies, privileged linguistic codes, and political concepts and practices shape the diverse ways we perceive ourselves and others. This 2003 book demonstrates that contemporary efforts to make schemes of social inequality based on race, gender, class and nationality seem compelling and legitimate, rely on deeply-rooted ideas about language and tradition. Showing how critics of modernity unwittingly reproduce these foundational fictions, it suggests strategies for challenging the undemocratic influence of these voices of modernity

Folklore, cultural performances, and popular entertainments : a communications-centered handbook by Richard Bauman( )

19 editions published between 1981 and 1992 in English and held by 1,392 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

This collection of thirty-seven entries selected from the more than 550 that make up the International Encyclopedia of Communications focuses on expressive forms and practices that are popular and participatory in nature: folklore forms such as folktale and riddle; cultural performances such as ritual and festival; and popular entertainments such as puppetry and mime. Cross-references within each individual entry facilitate exploration within the volume, while bibliographies appended to each entry direct the reader to related literature. Covering basic concepts, analytical perspectives, commun

Explorations in the ethnography of speaking( Book )

49 editions published between 1974 and 2000 in English and held by 1,175 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

First published in 1974, this collection of classic case studies in the ethnography of speaking had a formative influence on the field. No other volume has so successfully provided a broad, cross-cultural survey of the use, role and function of language and speech in social life. The essays deal with traditional societies in Native North, Middle, and South America, Africa, and Oceania, as well as English, French, and Yiddish speaking communities in Europe and North America and Afro-American communities in North America and the Caribbean. Now reissued, the collection includes a key introduction by the editors that traces the subsequent development of the ethnography of speaking and indicates directions for future research. The theoretical and methodological concepts and perspectives that illuminated the first edition are recognized anon and valued by many disciplines beyond that of linguistic anthropology. Scholars and students whose backgrounds may be in literature, speech communication, performance studies or ethnomusicology will equally welcome this edition

Toward new perspectives in folklore by Américo Paredes( Book )

19 editions published between 1971 and 2000 in English and Undetermined and held by 784 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Story, performance, and event : contextual studies of oral narrative by Richard Bauman( Book )

29 editions published between 1986 and 2011 in English and held by 753 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Based on a corpus of Texan oral narratives collected by the author over the past fifteen years, this study presents an analysis of the literary qualities or orally performed verbal art, focusing on the significance of its social context. Although the tales included are all from Texas, they are representative of oral storytelling traditions in other parts of the United States, including tall tales, hunting stories, local character anecdotes, accounts of practical jokes, and so on. They are also highly entertaining in their own right. Professor Bauman's main emphasis is on the act of storytelling, not just the text. His central analytical concern is to demonstrate the interrelationships that exist between the events recounted in the narratives (narrated events), the narrative texts, and the situations in which the narratives are told (narrative events). He identifies these interrelationships by combining a close formal analysis of the texts with an ethnographic examination of the way in which their telling is accomplished, paying particular attention to the links between form and function. He also illuminates other more general concerns in the study of oral narrative, such as stability and variation in the oral text, the problem of genre, and the rhetorical efficacy of literary forms. As an important contribution to the theoretical and practical literary analysis of orally performed narratives, the book will appeal to students and teachers of folklore, sociolinguistics and linguistic anthropology, and literary theory

For the reputation of truth; politics, religion, and conflict among the Pennsylvania Quakers, 1750-1800 by Richard Bauman( Book )

9 editions published between 1971 and 1987 in English and held by 675 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Let your words be few : symbolism of speaking and silence among seventeenth-century Quakers by Richard Bauman( Book )

20 editions published between 1983 and 2009 in English and held by 650 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Verbal art as performance by Richard Bauman( Book )

35 editions published between 1974 and 1984 in 3 languages and held by 619 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The purpose of this essay is to expand the conceptual content of folkloric performance as a communicative phenomenon, as spoken art. Performance is seen as representing an interpretive frame, whose nature may vary. This framing is accomplished through the use of culturally conventionalized metacommunication (communication about communication), which will vary from community to community; the task of ethnography of performance is to uncover these means. The metalanguage employed in the evaluation of performance, and the esthetic standards expressed therein, constitute another essential consideration in the ethnography of performance. The association of performance with particular genres is a significant aspect of the patterning of performance within communities. Another key aspect of performance systems is the manipulation of conventional systems to fashion novel ones. The emergent quality of performance resides in the interplay between communicative resources, individual competence, and the goals of the participants, within the context of particular situations. The three kinds of structure emergent in performance are text, event, and social structure. Finally, performance by its very nature has implications for the creation of social structure in performance. This final consideration opens the way to additional considerations concerning the role of the performer in society. (Author/AM)

Folklore and culture on the Texas-Mexican border by Américo Paredes( Book )

9 editions published between 1992 and 1995 in English and Multiple languages and held by 510 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

11 scholarly articles by noted authority in the field of folklore & Chicano studies; with a chronological bibliography of Paredes writings. An analytical look at Texas & Mexican social life & customs, exemplified in folk tales

A world of others' words : cross-cultural perspectives on intertextuality by Richard Bauman( Book )

18 editions published between 2004 and 2008 in 3 languages and held by 493 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

"Drawing on a broad range of oral performances and literary records from Iceland, Scotland, North America, Ghana, and Fiji, linguistic anthropologist and folklorist Richard Bauman presents an series of ethnographic case studies that offer a look at intertextuality as communicative practice."--Jacket