The Theatrical and Ritual Aesthetics of Signifying

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It is this relationship between the literal and the figurative, and the dire consequences of their confusion, which is the most striking repeated element of these tales. The Monkey's trick depends on the Lion's inability to mediate between these two poles of signification, of meaning. (p.55) The Signifying Monkey is an embodiment of the poor man's values and dreams: He is weak and only has his speaking skills (slang ?mouthpiece') to survive on, and he uses it to play the powers of the jungle against one another...
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(p.55) The Signifying Monkey is an embodiment of the poor man's values and dreams: He is weak and only has his speaking skills (slang ?mouthpiece') to survive on, and he uses it to play the powers of the jungle against one another. The same way a pimp survives on his ?mouthpiece' by using fast talk, sweet talk, jive, and jaw-blockin'...
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