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“possible topics around which the currents of speech may flow: Death and the danger of death: violence, fighting, sickness, fear, dreams, premonitions and communication with the dead. Sex and relations between the sexes: dating, courtship, proposals, marriage, breaking off relationships, affairs, intermarriage. Moral indignation: assignment and rejection of blame, unfairness, injustice, gossip, violations of social norms.”
― The Language of Life and Death: The Transformation of Experience in Oral Narrative
― The Language of Life and Death: The Transformation of Experience in Oral Narrative
