Oral Literature & Performance
Subtitle: In Southern Africa
Publisher: Ohio University Press
Published: May 15, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 251
ISBN-13: 9780821413081
Subjects: Folklore; Literature: Texts; Literature - Classics / Criticism; Social Science; South Africa; Biography/Autobiography; Literature and folklore; SOC; SOC011000; African; Folklore & Mythology; Social Science / Folklore & Mythology; Folk literature; History and criticism; Oral tradition
Description: "Drawing together contributions from literary studies, anthropology, ethno-musicology and African language studies the book analyses the complex functioning of oral texts and models in differing contexts. It examines the continuing role of orality in modern society, the adaptation of oral models to printed forms, and the ability of oral forms to 'talk back' to the technology of print."--BOOK JACKET.