Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface and acknowledgements; One Anthropology and text; Two Genre, society and history; Three The constitution of oral texts; Four Text and personhood; Five Audiences and publics; Six The private; Seven Textual fields and popular creativity; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Summary
Thought-provoking study of the relationship between verbal and oral texts and their role in society
