| Physical description |
1 online resource (xxviii, 337 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Pragmatics & beyond, 0922-842X ; new series 91
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Pragmatics & beyond ; new ser. 91. 0922-842X
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-315) and index. |
| Contents |
1. Introduction -- 2. Heteroglossia in Liege. 2.1. Language Change, Language Heterogeneity. 2.2. Linguistic Heterogeneity in Liege Prior to the Belgian State. 2.3. Metalinguistic Discourses in Belgium. 2.4. Contemporary Spoken Varieties along the French/Walloon Continuum. 2.5. Social Factors Triggering the Use of Walloon. 2.6. The Maintenance of Walloon in Verbal Art -- 3. Class and Culture in 19th century Liege and the Rise of the Puppet Theater. 3.1. Work and Leisure: Setting the Scene. 3.2. Early Accounts of Puppetry. 3.3. The Changing Material Conditions. 3.4. Bourgeois Discovery of the Puppet Theater. 3.5. Folklore and Nation -- 4. Manipulations and Transformations. 4.1. Cultural Discourses. 4.2. Work and Leisure. |
| Summary |
Linking actual instances of language use with structures of social power in francophone Belgium, Gross outlines the history and contemporary configuration of rod puppetry in Liège. The analysis of this working class performance art moves between what occurs on and off stage. As puppeteers speak in other voices, sometimes in Walloon and sometimes in French, they create a sociolinguistic model based on 19th century renditions of medieval texts, the voices of past puppeteers, and the language that surrounds them. The high level of linguistic reflexivity created by the regional language movement has led to frequent metalinguistic and metapragmatic commentaries within the puppet shows. This complex speech genre embedded in social context shows the influence of identity struggles: from local class oppositions to imperial designs abroad. Keeping a tight focus on language, Speaking in Other Voices examines the process of entextualization and recontextualization as stories of war and religion are transmitted to succeeding generations. publisher |
| Language notes |
English. |
| Subject |
Puppet theater -- Belgium -- Wallonia -- History.
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Puppet theater -- Belgium -- Liège -- History.
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Puppet plays, French -- Belgium -- Wallonia -- History and criticism.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc. |
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History |
| ISBN |
9789027298089 (electronic book) |
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9027298084 (electronic book) |
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9781282162426 |
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128216242X |
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9781588110541 |
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1588110540 |
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9789027251107 (Eur.) |
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902725110X (Eur.) |
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