Author: Kramer, Fritz W. [1941 - ]
Title: Literature among the Cuna Indians
Description: Göteborg, Etnografiska museet, 1970. orig.wrappers. 24x15cm, 166 pp, Six pages bear inked notes / corrections to text.. Rubbed, Cover soiled. Good. ¶ Series: Etnologiska studier; Vol. 30. Translation of the author’s doctoral thesis, Heidelberg, under title: "Die Literatur bei den Kuna-Indianern". Contents: The Structure fo Cuna Poetry; On a Theory of Poetry; Microstructure; Aspects of the Macrostructure; Poetic Expressions, Metaphors, Symbols; Margin & Writing; Structure & Meaning of the Genres; Epics; Historical-Political Poetry; Simple Texts; Literature in Culture & Society; Literature & Culture; Literature & Society; Aspects of the Evolution of the Literature; Appendix: Systematic Catalogue of Selected Works of Cuna Literature.

Keywords: American Ethnography, Cuna Indians, Central America, San Blas Islands, Discourse Analysis, Ethnopoetics Poetry, Poetics, Oral Literature, Literary Ethnology