Not Just Childâ??s Play : Emerging Tradition and the Lost Boys of Sudan /

Felicia R. McMahon breaks new ground in the presentation and analysis of emerging traditions of the \"Lost Boys, \" a group of parentless youths who fled Sudan under tragic circumstances in the 1990s. With compelling insight, McMahon analyzes the oral traditions of the DiDinga Lost Boys, a...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: McMahon, Felicia R., 1950- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, 2007.
Edición:1st ed.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Social conditions.
Refugees.
Didinga (African people)
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Folklore & Mythology.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Ethnic Studies > African American Studies.
Refugies > New York (État) > Syracuse.
Refugies > Soudan.
Didinga (Peuple d'Afrique) > New York (État) > Syracuse > Conditions sociales.
Didinga (Peuple d'Afrique) > New York (État) > Syracuse > Folklore.
Refugees > New York (State) > Syracuse.
Refugees > Sudan.
Didinga (African people) > New York (State) > Syracuse > Social conditions.
Didinga (African people) > New York (State) > Syracuse > Folklore.
Sudan.
New York (State) > Syracuse.
Syracuse (N.Y.) > Social conditions.
Sudan > Social conditions.
Sudan > Folklore.
Folklore.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Felicia R. McMahon breaks new ground in the presentation and analysis of emerging traditions of the \"Lost Boys, \" a group of parentless youths who fled Sudan under tragic circumstances in the 1990s. With compelling insight, McMahon analyzes the oral traditions of the DiDinga Lost Boys, about whom very little is known. Her vibrant ethnography provides intriguing details about the performances and conversations of the young DiDinga in Syra-cuse, New York. It also offers important insights to scholars and others who work with refugee groups. The author argues that the playful tradition
Descripción Física:1 online resource: illustrations
ISBN:9781604733143

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