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ethnopoetics

ethnopoetics noun: a poetical, linguistic and anthropological movement dealing with poetry written by, or in the style of, indigenous peoples.

Noun

ethnopoetics (uncountable)

  1. A poetical, linguistic and anthropological movement dealing with poetry written by, or in the style of, indigenous peoples.

Origin of ethnopoetics

From ethno- + poetics, coined in 1968 by Jerome Rothenberg and George Quasha.

Questions about ethnopoetics

What does ethnopoetics mean?
Ethnopoetics means a poetical, linguistic and anthropological movement dealing with poetry written by, or in the style of, indigenous peoples.
What part of speech is ethnopoetics?
Ethnopoetics is a noun.

Words near ethnopoetics in the dictionary

  1. ethnopluralism
  2. ethnopluralist
  3. ethnopluralistic
  4. ethnopluralists
  5. ethnopoetic
  6. ethnopoetics
  7. ethnopoiesis
  8. ethnopolitical
  9. ethnopolitics
  10. ethnoprimatological
  11. ethnoprimatologist

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