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- Title
The Elusive Presence.
- Authors
HARING, LEE
- Abstract
A joke from the Southwest Indian Ocean island of Mauritius points to the notion of presence. In folkore studies, presence is a "transcendental signified, something lying beyond structure or interpretation. Revered by authorities like Alan Dundes, Robert Plant Armstrong, and Kirin Narayan, it comes into question when viewed through the eyes of a Jacques Derrida or Jacques Lacan.
- Subjects
PRESENCE (Philosophy); LACAN, Jacques, 1901-1981; DERRIDA, Jacques, 1930-2004; HUMOR &; society; PSYCHOANALYSIS; FOLK literature; LITERARY criticism; PSYCHOANALYSIS &; folklore; ARMSTRONG, Robert Plant; NARAYAN, Kirin
- Publication
Western Folklore, 2012, Vol 71, Issue 3/4, p239
- ISSN
0043-373X
- Publication type
Article