Word sound image : the life of the tamil text
Kersenboom, Saskia.
Word sound image : the life of the tamil text - Oxford BERG Publishers 1995 - xx. 259p.,
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.
9781859730089
Oral tradition
Tamil (Indic people)
South India
398.0894811 / KER
Word sound image : the life of the tamil text - Oxford BERG Publishers 1995 - xx. 259p.,
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.
9781859730089
Oral tradition
Tamil (Indic people)
South India
398.0894811 / KER