Research Catalog

Title

Oral literature for children : rethinking orality, literacy, performance, and documentation practices / Aaron Mushengyezi.

Author

Mushengyezi, Aaron.

Publication

Amsterdam : Rodopi, 2013.

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Description

xli, 311 p. : 11 ill. (chiefly col.); 24 cm.

Summary

This book is the first ever major effort to document and study hundreds of texts from an African (Ugandan) oral culture for children - folktales, riddles, and rhymes - and at the same time to make them available in the local languages and to focus on their cultural and national value. The author surveys the history of collecting in Uganda and situates the texts in their broader geographical, historical, socio-cultural and educational setting, including the early collecting efforts of heritage-minded Ugandans and European missionaries.

Series Statement

Cross/cultures, 0924-1426 ; 154

Uniform Title

Cross/cultures ; 154.

Subject

• Children's literature, Ugandan > History and criticism
• Ugandan literature > History and criticism
• Oral tradition > Uganda
• Folklore > Uganda
• Storytelling > Uganda

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Oral forms for children: Audience, form, and social relevance -- "Let me tell you a story, let me tell you a story!" On text structure and narrative strategies -- From tape to the page -- On the translation process.

ISBN

• 9789042036178 (hd.bd.)
• 9042036176 (hd.bd.)

OCLC

828858786

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library