Discourse, Evidentiality and the Seventh Son Healing Tradition in French-Newfoundland Culture
This article deals with the symbolic construction through discourse of the belief matrix surrounding the seventh son healing tradition in French-Newfoundland culture. It discusses the discourse strategies which serve not only to disseminate the knowledge of this tradition, but also to support the be...
| Published in: | Ethnologies |
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| Format: | Text |
| Language: | English |
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Association Canadienne d’Ethnologie et de Folklore
1994
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| Online Access: | http://id.erudit.org/iderudit/1083306ar https://doi.org/10.7202/1083306ar |
| Summary: | This article deals with the symbolic construction through discourse of the belief matrix surrounding the seventh son healing tradition in French-Newfoundland culture. It discusses the discourse strategies which serve not only to disseminate the knowledge of this tradition, but also to support the belief in its legitimacy. An historical overview of this tradition in France and North America is also provided. Cet article traite de la construction symbolique et discursive de la croyance dans le pouvoir du septième fils comme guérisseur chez les Franco-Terreneuviens. Il présente et analyse les stratégies discursives au moyen desquelles sont disséminés les détails de la tradition, aussi bien que le discours qui sert à soutenir sa légitimé. On présemte aussi les manifestations de cette tradition en France et en Amérique du Nord. |
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