Etymology

ethnopoetics

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Today it means: A poetical, linguistic and anthropological movement dealing with poetry written by, or in the style of, indigenous peoples. Full definition →

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The story

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

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