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Popobawa : Tanzanian Talk, Global Misreadings /

Since the 1960s, people on the islands off the coast of Tanzania have talked about being attacked by a mysterious creature called Popobawa, a shapeshifter often described as having an enormous penis. Popobawa's recurring attacks have become a popular subject for stories, conversation, gossip, a...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Thompson, Katrina Daly, 1975- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bloomington and Indianapolis : Indiana University Press, [2017]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Contextualizing popobawa
  • Voicing expertise and authority
  • Talk and believe: how to prevent a popobawa attack in two easy steps
  • The butt of a joke
  • Queering popobawa
  • Women as sexual and discursive agents
  • Batman in Africa
  • Global metanarratives.