ISBN:
9780821443323
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0821443321
Sprache:
Englisch
Seiten:
Online Ressource (xvi, 240 p. :)
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ill.
Ausgabe:
Online-Ausg.
Paralleltitel:
Erscheint auch als Scheub, Harold Uncoiling python
DDC:
398.20968
Schlagwort(e):
Apartheid South Africa
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Folklore Political aspects
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South Africa
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Oral tradition South Africa
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Storytelling South Africa
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Storytelling
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Oral tradition
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Apartheid
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Folklore Political aspects
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Folklore Political aspects
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Oral tradition
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Storytelling
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Apartheid
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LITERARY COLLECTIONS ; African
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Apartheid
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Colonization
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Folklore ; Political aspects
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Manners and customs
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Oral tradition
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Politics and government
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Storytelling
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SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Folklore & Mythology
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South Africa Colonization
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South Africa Politics and government
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South Africa Social life and customs
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South Africa
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South Africa Social life and customs
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South Africa Colonization
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South Africa Politics and government
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South Africa Colonization
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South Africa Politics and government
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South Africa Social life and customs
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South Africa
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
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Anthologie
Kurzfassung:
There are many collections of African oral traditions, but few as carefully organized as The Uncoiling Python. Harold Scheub, one of the world's leading scholars of African oral traditions and folklore, explores the ways in which oral traditions have served to combat and subvert colonial domination in South Africa. From the time colonial forces first came to southern Africa in 1487, oral and written traditions have been a bulwark against what became 350 years of colonial rule, characterized by the racist policies of apartheid. The Uncoiling Python: South African Storytellers and Resistance is
Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis:
Metaphor: inevitable encounters, tools for analysisSan metaphor: " -- and feel a story in the wind" -- The Nguni artist: the collapsing of time.
Anmerkung:
OldControl:muse9780821443323. - Multi-User. - Includes bibliographical references and index. - Made available online by Project Muse. - Description based on print version record
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Made available online by Project Muse
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Multi-User
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