In this Book

Explorations in Navajo Poetry and Poetics

Book
Anthony K. Webster
2009
Published by: University of New Mexico Press
summary
In this study Webster investigates the devices found in Navajo written and oral poetic traditions. He then explores aspects of language such as code-mixing, punning, and ideophony (sound symbolism), often considered marginal in linguistics literature, revealing how they are central to the study of ethnopoetics and a discourse-centered approach to language and culture.

Table of Contents

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Front Cover

Title Page

Copyright

Contents

Preface

pp. vii-x

Introduction: Navajo Poetry and Poetics

pp. 1-15

1: Poetic Devices in Navajo Oral and Written Poetry

pp. 16-50

2: Poetics and Politics of Navajo Ideophony

pp. 51-79

3: Language, Language Ideology, and Navajo Poetry

pp. 80-121

4: Performance, the Individual, and Feelingful Iconicity

pp. 122-151

5: Narratives of Navajoness and Indigenous Articulations

pp. 152-181

6: Intercultural Performances and the Dynamics of Place

pp. 182-217

Conclusion: Multiplying Glimpses of Navajo Poetics

pp. 218-225

Appendix A

pp. 227-228

Appendix B

pp. 229

Notes

pp. 231-238

Bibliography

pp. 239-267

Index

pp. 269-278

Back Cover

pp. 290-290
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