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Ewe Comic Heroes (RLE Folklore) : Trickster Tales in Togo

Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2015

Online-Ressource (315 p)

Englisch

Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Original Title Page; Original Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Series Preface; Preface; Introduction; Chapter One: The Collection; Chapter Two: Origins of Trickster; Chapter Three: Methodology; Chapter Four: Formal Features of Trickster Narratives; Chapter Five: Metaphor and Meaning in Trickster Narratives; Chapter Six: Style in Performance; Chapter Seven: Why Trickster?; Appendix; Bibliography

Description based upon print version of record

Print version: Ewe Comic Heroes (RLE Folklore) : Trickster Tales in Togo

978-1-138-84270-0

978-1-138-84270-0 (ISBN der Printausgabe)

978-1-317-55173-7 ( : 180.8 (NL))

Elektronische Ressource: Zugang über Aggregator-Datenbank (Lizenzangabe: Lizenzpflichtig)

GR351.52.E83 K65 2015

398.21/089/963374 ; 398.21/089/963374     Ähnliche Literatur

LOC-SH: Electronic books

Ewe (African people) ; Folklore ; Tricksters ; Togo ; Oral tradition ; Togo ; Tales ; Togo ; Electronic books

<P>The trickster character is prominent in the cultural, particularly narrative, traditions of many different peoples throughout the world. Comic and serious, stupid and clever, benevolent and evil, winner and loser, the trickster is a study in contradictions. The trickster cannot be pigeonholed, for he does not fit into any neat categories or definitions. This study, first published in 1994, aims to give the reader the opportunity to experience in some small measure the dynamic and exciting dramatic oral narrative performances of the Ewe people of West Africa.</P>