Meaning in Mud: Yup'ik Eskimo Girls at Play.

deMarrais, Kathleen Bennett; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ448044

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Publication Date: 1992

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Meaning in Mud: Yup'ik Eskimo Girls at Play.

deMarrais, Kathleen Bennett; And Others

Anthropology and Education Quarterly, v23 n2 p120-44 Jun 1992

Describes storyknifing, a traditional way of storytelling illustrated through pictures traced in mud, by young girls in a Yup'ik Eskimo village on the Kuskokwim River (Alaska). Storyknifing provides a forum in which young girls learn cultural and cognitive knowledge. Storyknifing maintains a link with traditional society in this village. (SLD)

Descriptors: Children, Cultural Background, Educational Anthropology, Ethnology, Females, Folk Culture, Heritage Education, Knowledge Level, Nonformal Education, Play, Social Change, Sociocultural Patterns, Story Telling, Yupik

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Alaska

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