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The Bungling Host
Daniel Clément
其他書名
The Nature of Indigenous Oral Literature
出版U of Nebraska Press, 2018-08-01
主題Social Science / Ethnic Studies / Native American StudiesLiterary Criticism / Native AmericanSocial Science / Folklore & Mythology
ISBN149620087X9781496200877
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=dv1fDwAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋The Bungling Host motif appears in countless indigenous cultures in North America and beyond. In this groundbreaking work Daniel Clément has gathered nearly four hundred North American variants of the story to examine how myths acquire meaning for their indigenous users and explores how seemingly absurd narratives can prove to be a rich source of meaning when understood within the appropriate context. In analyzing the Bungling Host tales, Clément considers not only material culture but also social, economic, and cultural life; Native knowledge of the environment; and the world of plants and animals.

Clément’s analysis uncovers four operational modes in myth construction and clarifies the relationship between mythology and science. Ultimately he demonstrates how science may have developed out of an operational mode that already existed in the mythological mind.