Signs of Cherokee culture: Sequoyah's syllabary in Eastern Cherokee life
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Main Author: Bender, Margaret Clelland (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Chapel Hill University of North Carolina Press ©2002
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Item Description:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002
Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-182) and index
Preface; Note on Orthography; Introduction; 1. Pride and Ambivalence; 2. Reading, Writing, and the Reproduction of Cultural Categories; 3. Talking Leaves, Silent Leaves; 4. Reading the Signs; 5. What Else You Gonna Go After?; Conclusion; Notes; References; Index
Based on extensive fieldwork, this text uses a semiotic approach to investigate the historic and contemporary role of the Sequoyan syllabury - the written system for representing the sounds of the Cherokee language. It also explores the role of this language in the context of tourism
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xx, 187 pages)
ISBN:0807860050
9780807860052

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