A narrative community : voices of Israeli backpackers /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Detroit :
Wayne State University Press,
[2007]
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| Series: | Raphael Patai series in Jewish folklore and anthropology.
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| Online Access: | Table of contents only |
Table of Contents:
- Performing backpacking narratives. Arriving at the destination : no transcendence ; Persuasion. Intermezzo 1: from persuasion (in)to quotation
- Quotations and voices. Quotations ; Performing the chorus and the (occasional) emergence of individual voices ; Performing others' voices : quoting native and tourist. A visit to the television station (September 22, 2003) ; The collective-canonic voice : quoting the norm (of quoting). Eih omrim "eih omrim"? Aunt Malka'le and the search for collective authority ; From oral authority to written canon : quoting travelers' books and trail stories. Thorong La Pass : at 5,416 meters ; From speech community to vocal identity : the sound of quotations. Intermezzo 2: From quotation to self-transformation
- Conclusions. Self-transformation. "Garçon, get me someone who speaks Tibetan!"