Part of the series Key Concepts in Indigenous Studies, this book focuses on the concepts that recur in any discussion of the society, culture and literature amo

This classic work explores the vast differences between oral and literate cultures offering a very clear account of the intellectual, literary and social effect

Through his innovative study of language, noted Heidegger scholar Lawrence Hatab offers a proto-phenomenological account of the lived world, the “first” wor

In the current context of globalization, relocation of cultures, and rampant technologizing of communication, orality has gained renewed interest across discipl

Oral communication is quite different in its spontaneity and communicative power from textual and visual communication. Culturally-bounded expectations of ways