WGS 376 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Syncretism, Stereotype, Randomness
Document Summary
The last report on the miracle at little no horse (1910-1996) Book is based on native american concept of time. Trickster: a complex character type known for his trickery buffoonery and crude behavior, but also as a creator, cultural hero, and teacher. Both a person who keeps things unstable and an instructor skilled in an oral tradition. The idea of split identity, whether cultural, sexual, or religious. Syncretism: describe two distinct religious traditions that come together and a third tradition is formed that is neither one nor the other. Language: the use of languge to communicate and the inability of language to transmit meaning, speaks to fluidity of language. Patterns vs randomness and the meaning of life itself. Stories live and are told orally, passed from generation from generation. , of you write it down it becomes dead. Equal rights mode: differences are only in appearance not reality.
