Vimbuza The Healing Dance of Northern Malawi /
The purpose of this book is to show that the possession cult of Vimbuza presents itself as an oral genre which is part and parcel of African Oral Literature. The ethno-linguistic study which we undertake will permit us to catch a glimpse of its whole complexity. The analysis has a bearing on four pr...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Baltimore, Maryland :
Project Muse,
2014
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Colección: | Imabali text ;
no. 4. Book collections on Project MUSE. |
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Historical background
- Vimbuza as a possession cult
- Vimbuza as a social fact
- Style in vimbuza songs
- Vimbuza songs
- Bibliography.