How to read a folktale : the Ibonia epic from Madagascar /

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"How to Read a Folktale offers the first English translation of Ibonia, a spellbinding tale of old Madagascar. Ibonia is a folktale on epic scale. Much of its plot sounds familiar: a powerful royal hero attempts to rescue his betrothed from an evil adversary and, after a series of tests and due...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Autres auteurs: Haring, Lee (Traducteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Cambridge, UK : Open Book Publishers, 2013.
Collection:World oral literature series ; Volume 4.
Sujets:
Tales > Madagascar.
Folklore > Madagascar.
Mythology, Malagasy.
Contes > Madagascar.
Mythologie malgache.
Anthropology.
Folklore, myths and legends.
Literature and literary studies.
Poetry.
Popular beliefs and controversial knowledge.
Social and cultural anthropology, ethnography Mod Social and cultural anthropology, ethnography.
Society and culture: general.
Society and social sciences Society and social sciences.
Sociology and anthropology.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Folklore & Mythology.
Folklore
Mythology, Malagasy
Tales
Madagascar
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Foreword to Ibonia
  • Preface
  • 1.â€?Introduction: What Ibonia is and How to Read it
  • 2.â€?How to Read Ibonia: Folkloric Restatement
  • 3.â€?What it is: Texts, Plural
  • 4.â€?Texture and Structure: How it is Made
  • 5.â€?Context, History, Interpretation
  • 6. IBONAMASIBONIAMANORO He of the Clear and Captivating Glance
  • There Is No Child
  • Her Quest for Conception
  • The Locust Becomes a Baby
  • His Quest for a Birthplace
  • Yet Unnamed
  • Refusing Names from Princes
  • The Name for a Perfected Man
  • Power
  • Stone Man Shakes
  • He Refuses More NamesGames
  • He Arms Himself
  • He Is Tested
  • He Combats Beast and Man
  • He Refuses Other Wives
  • The Disguised Flayer
  • An Old Man Becomes Stone Manâ€?s Rival
  • Victory: “Dead, I Do Not Leave You on Earth; Living, I Give You to No Manâ€?
  • Return of the Royal Couple
  • Ibonia Prescribes Laws and Bids Farewell
  • Appendix: Versions and Variants
  • Works Cited
  • Index

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