ETHNOPOETICS.ORG : a collaboration to extend the valuing and study of global poetries

Differences

This shows you the differences between two versions of the page.

Link to this comparison view

Next revision		Previous revision
talk:alcheringa:1-2:pelt_kid_and_his_grandmother [2021/06/16 15:46] – created admintalk:alcheringa:1-2:pelt_kid_and_his_grandmother [2021/07/09 00:16] (current) – admin
Line 4: Line 4:
  --- //[[kwsherwood@gmail.com|admin]] 2021/06/16 15:46//  --- //[[kwsherwood@gmail.com|admin]] 2021/06/16 15:46//
 ---- ----
 +
 +Foley published about this piece extensively, helping us to understand that it is meant to be comic / humorous, and that the kid's problem is cultural illiteracy -- i.e. that you're supposed to know how things work and what they mean. 
 +
 +https://www.jstor.org/stable/1499652
 +
 +Also, note this story/ poem is now widely available in Tedlock's collection _Finding The Center_
 +
 +----
 +
 +check source links. correct information on farming and food. see: https://pages.ucsd.edu/~rfrank/class_web/ES-110/ETHN110articles/Southwest/tedlock_ps.pdf and https://thefern.org/2020/04/what-do-ancient-southwest-farming-cultures-tell-us-about-climate-change-drought/
 +
 +"fetish" is a pejorative
 +
 +add note on _Finding the Center_ (primary published source for this poem now). 

Trace: • from_shaking_the_pumpkin • a_homophonic_translation • nahuatl_aztec_language_-_gods_and_symbols • the_oriki_of_alajire

Navigation

Current:

Alcheringa:

Print/export
QR Code
QR Code talk:alcheringa:1-2:pelt_kid_and_his_grandmother (generated for current page)