Structure, Meaning and Ritual in the Narratives of the Southern San /

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Structure, Meaning and Ritual in the Narratives of the Southern San analyses texts drawn from the Bleek and Lloyd Archive - arguably one of the most important collections for the understanding of South African cultural heritage and in particular the traditions of the /Xam, South Africa's '...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Hewitt, Roger
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Johannesburg : Wits University Press, 2008.
Edición:2nd ed.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Tales.
San (African people) > Social life and customs.
San (African people)
HISTORY > Africa > General.
San (Peuple d'Afrique) > Moeurs et coutumes.
Contes > Afrique du Sud.
San (Peuple d'Afrique) > Folklore.
Tales > South Africa.
San (African people) > Folklore.
Khoisan-Sprachen.
South Africa.
Folklore.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Ethnographic background
  • Introduction to the narratives: their context, performance and scope
  • Legends and stories of!Khwa
  • Sidereal narratives: the story of the Dawn's Heart and his wife the Lynx
  • Animal narratives
  • /Kaggen in belief and ritual
  • The /Kaggen narratives: (1): characters and content
  • The /Kaggen narratives (2): sequence and structure
  • /Kaggen in belief, ritual and narrative: a synthesis
  • Two /Kaggen narratives: compositional variations
  • The verbal surface: a note on the narrators.

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