{"product_id":"kitawa-literary-fragments-9783111285481","title":"Kitawa Literary Fragments","description":"\u003cp\u003e The Nowau oral texts collected in this volume were recorded by Scoditti during the several years of fieldwork on Kitawa Island (Papua New Guinea) devoted mainly to understanding the mental mechanisms followed by the \u003cem\u003eimage creators\u003c\/em\u003e, that are the makers of the \u003cem\u003ekula ceremonial canoes\u003c\/em\u003e, the poets, the magicians, the female and male singers who perform a poetic text \u003cem\u003eorally written\u003c\/em\u003e by a poet to an \u003cem\u003eoral score\u003c\/em\u003e composed by a musician. With these early works, Scoditti identifies within Kitawa culture a clear distinction between the \u003cem\u003eauthor\u003c\/em\u003e and the \u003cem\u003eperformer\u003c\/em\u003e-\u003cem\u003einterpreter\u003c\/em\u003e of a given oral text, be it a \u003cem\u003everbal\u003c\/em\u003e and a \u003cem\u003enon-verbal\u003c\/em\u003e one, a distinction that has called into question the hypothesis that in a culture that does not know, or use, any form of \u003cem\u003ephonetic writing\u003c\/em\u003e, a \u003cem\u003etext\u003c\/em\u003e is composed at the time of its performance, so that \u003cem\u003ecomposition\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eperformance\u003c\/em\u003e would coincide. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e A first result of his interpretation is \u003cem\u003eKitawa. A linguistic and aesthetic analysis of visual\u003c\/em\u003e art in Melanesia (1990, De Gruyter Mouton), then by \u003cem\u003eKitawa oral poetry. An example\u003c\/em\u003e from Melanesia (1996, ANU Press), \u003cem\u003eNotes on the cognitive texture of an oral mind. Kitawa, a Melanesian culture\u003c\/em\u003e (2012, Sean Kingston Publishing) and, now \u003cem\u003eKitawa Literary Fragments: How Storytelling Shapes Spacetime in a Melanesian Matrilineal Culture\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Giancarlo M. G. Scoditti","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48272929128699,"sku":"9783111285481","price":164.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/3917\/9771\/files\/CoreSourceHub_14c5e1d6-2687-4780-aab2-d20edfa49b06.jpg?v=1776638810","url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/kitawa-literary-fragments-9783111285481","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}