17.2398, Books: Anthropological Linguistics/Sociolinguistics: Horne

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Subject: 17.2398, Books: Anthropological Linguistics/Sociolinguistics: Horne

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Date: 23-Aug-2006
From: Adele Horne < adelehorne at earthlink.net >
Subject: The Tailenders: Horne 

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Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2006 11:06:29
From: Adele Horne < adelehorne at earthlink.net >
Subject: The Tailenders: Horne 

Title: The Tailenders 
Publication Year: 2006 
Publisher: New Day Films
	   www.newday.com

Book URL: http://www.newday.com/films/tailenders.html 

Author: Adele Horne

Video: ISBN: 1574481738 Pages:  Price: U.S. $ 275 Comment: 72 min. VHS
Video: ISBN: 1574481746 Pages:  Price: U.S. $ 225 Comment: 52 min. VHS
Video: ISBN: 1574481509 Pages:  Price: U.S. $ 275 Comment: 72 min. DVD

Abstract:

"The Tailenders," a new documentary of interest to linguistic anthropologists, 
was broadcast nationally last month on P.O.V. and is now available from 
New Day Films. The Tailenders is a captivating look at a missionary group's 
use of ultra-low-tech audio devices to evangelize indigenous communities 
facing crises caused by global economic forces. Global Recordings Network, 
founded in Los Angeles in 1939, has produced audio versions of Bible 
stories in over 5,500 languages, and aims to record in every language on 
earth. The film traces their journeys in the Solomon Islands, Mexico, India 
and the United States, where they distribute the recordings, along with hand-
wind audio players, to "the Tailenders": the last people to be reached by 
worldwide evangelism. 

The film raises questions about how people who receive the recordings 
understand them.  It explores the physical properties of sound, how the 
recorded voice mingles with unintentionally recorded local ambient sounds, 
and how meaning changes as it crosses language and culture.	

Critical Acclaim:

"The Tailenders provides extraordinary insight into the work of missionaries 
in remote regions throughout the world, and the key place of translation and 
technology in the world of contemporary evangelical work.  Combining 
documentary and experimental approaches with great attention to the visual 
and auditory concerns, this film is one of the best I have seen on this topic."
- Faye Ginsburg, Director, Center for Media, Culture and History, New York 
University

"To make The Tailenders, Adele Horne combined her filmmaker's skills with 
the perception and fairness of a skilled ethnographer.  The film is a 
provocative portrait of an evangelical mission on the insecure margins of the 
global economy."
- Jon Miller, Director of Research, Center for Religion and Civic Culture, 
University of Southern California

"This gorgeous, inspired and gutsy film . . . opens up new ideological vistas 
on religion, technology and globalization. It dares viewers not to be surprised 
by it."
- Virginia Heffernan, The New York Times

"A haunting documentary about Christian missionaries who have been 
traveling the world since 1939 to record and spread Bible stories in every 
language."
- Nancy Dewolf Smith, The Wall Street Journal

"With a visual clarity equal to her intellectual discourse, Horne explores the 
myriad contrasts offered by her subject, alive to many epiphanies and ironies 
along the way."
- Ronnie Scheib, Variety 

Linguistic Field(s): Anthropological Linguistics
                     Sociolinguistics

Written In: English  (eng)

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