anthropology chapter 14

performance art

promotion of ideas by creative means dramatically staged to challenge opinion and/or provoke purposeful action

visual art

craft created primarily for visible perception, ranging from etchings and paintings to sculptures and weavings

verbal art

use of words in a creative way, displayed, including stories, myths, legends, tales, and poetry

art

use of imagination to aesthetically interpret, express, and engage life, modifying experienced reality

folklore

term coined by 19th-century scholars studying unwritten stories and other cultural traditions of rural peoples

myth

narrative (sacred) explaining human existence fundamentals-where everything came from, why we’re here, where we’re going

legend

story of memorable event/figure relayed by tradition, told as true, but without historical evidence

epic

narrative, long and dramatic, recounting celebrated deeds of historic/legendary hero, often sung/recited in poetic language

tale

narrative recognized as fiction for entertainment, but may also have moral/teach practical lesson

motif

story situation in a tale

ethnomusicology

study of society’s music in terms of its cultural setting

music

craft medium of sound, silence; communication including nonverbal auditory component with tonality, pitch, rhythm, timbre