Transmission Difficulties
Franz Boas and Tsimshian Mythology
Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism, Native American, Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Cultural Studies, Native American Studies, History, Canada
| Author: | Ralph Maud | ISBN: | 9780889228719 |
| Publisher: | Talonbooks | Publication: | August 15, 2014 |
| Imprint: | Talonbooks | Language: | English |
| Author: | Ralph Maud |
| ISBN: | 9780889228719 |
| Publisher: | Talonbooks |
| Publication: | August 15, 2014 |
| Imprint: | Talonbooks |
| Language: | English |
It has been well known since Marius Barbeau’s review of the first edition of Franz Boas’s Tsimshian Mythology in 1917 that something was seriously amiss with Boas’s alleged translations” of the stories gathered by his chief Tsimshian informant, Henry Tate. But what, exactly, was it that Boas was doing with Tate’s stories? Ralph Maud answers this question in Transmission Difficulties.
It has been well known since Marius Barbeau’s review of the first edition of Franz Boas’s Tsimshian Mythology in 1917 that something was seriously amiss with Boas’s alleged translations” of the stories gathered by his chief Tsimshian informant, Henry Tate. But what, exactly, was it that Boas was doing with Tate’s stories? Ralph Maud answers this question in Transmission Difficulties.
