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What the forest told me : Yoruba hunter, culture and narrative performance /
Studies of Yoruba culture and performance tend to focus mainly on standardised forms of performance, and ignore the more prevalent performance culture which is central to everyday life. What the Forest Told Me conveys the elastic nature of African cultural expression through narratives of the Yoruba...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Grahamstown, South Africa :
NISC (Pty) Ltd,
2019.
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| Edición: | NISC first edition. |
| Colección: | African humanities series.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Studies of Yoruba culture and performance tend to focus mainly on standardised forms of performance, and ignore the more prevalent performance culture which is central to everyday life. What the Forest Told Me conveys the elastic nature of African cultural expression through narratives of the Yoruba hunters' exploits. Hunters' narratives provide a window on the Yoruba understanding and explanation of their world; a cosmology that negates the anthropocentric view of creation. In a very literal sense, man, in this peculiar world, is an equal actor with animal and nature spirits with whom he constantly contests and negotiates space. |
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| Notas: | "Originally published in 2014 by Unisa Press, South Africa"--Title page verso |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xv, 138 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 125-132) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781920033439 1920033432 9781920033422 1920033424 |