'Di-xεrretən and the lioness': text and landscape of a ∣Xam narrative

Focusing on the ∣Xam narrative 'Di-xεrretən and the lioness', its recording history and possible connection with Springbokoog and its rock engravings, this article proposes a method for editing the ∣Xam kukummi (tales, accounts) collected by W. Bleek and L.C. Lloyd in the 19 th century, ma...

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Published inCritical arts Vol. 28; no. 4; pp. 610 - 630
Main Author de Prada-Samper, José Manuel
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Routledge 04.07.2014
Subjects
Bleek-Lloyd Collection
editing
ethnopoetics
landscape
rock engravings
Springbokoog
translation
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Summary:Focusing on the ∣Xam narrative 'Di-xεrretən and the lioness', its recording history and possible connection with Springbokoog and its rock engravings, this article proposes a method for editing the ∣Xam kukummi (tales, accounts) collected by W. Bleek and L.C. Lloyd in the 19 th century, making the case for the need to go beyond the received text of narratives and edit the English translations found in the manuscripts not only by modernising Lloyd's English, as other editors have done, but also by making informed changes on the text based on the ∣Xam original, which can be accessed by means of D.F. Bleek's Bushman dictionary (1956) and her grammatical sketches of the ∣Xam language. Using as a theoretical basis the work of Dell Hymes on the presence of 'measured verse' in Chinookan narratives, this article also proposes to lay out the texts in short lines.
ISSN:0256-0046
1992-6049
DOI:10.1080/02560046.2014.929219