“Just because they’re lies doesn’t mean they’re not true”: Learning and transmission of lies among storytellers

In diverse rural communities located near the borders separating Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay, traditional storytellers known as contadores de causos use lying as a strategy for their performances. Their legitimacy as storytellers greatly depends on the way they utilize this strategy. This article...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Luciana Hartmann
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Bucharest 2014-12-01
Series:Journal of Comparative Research in Anthropology and Sociology
Subjects:
Lie
Online Access:http://compaso.eu/wpd/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Compaso2014-52-Hartmann.pdf