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The powers of genre : interpreting Haya oral literature
- Title
- The powers of genre : interpreting Haya oral literature / Peter Seitel.
- Author
- Seitel, Peter.
- Publication
- New York : Oxford University Press, 1999.
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Details
- Description
- viii, 248 pages; 24 cm
- Series Statement
- Oxford studies in anthropological linguistics ; 22
- Uniform Title
- Oxford studies in anthropological linguistics ; 22.
- Subject
- Haya (African people) > Folklore
- Folk literature, Haya > History and criticism
- Oral tradition > Tanzania
- Discourse analysis, Narrative > Tanzania
- Haya language
- Discourse analysis, Narrative
- Folk literature, Haya
- Haya (African people)
- Oral tradition
- Mündliche Literatur
- Volksliteratur
- Volkskultur
- Mondelinge literatuur
- Haya (volk)
- Haya (peuple d'Afrique) > Folklore
- Littérature populaire haya > Histoire et critique
- Tradition orale > Tanzanie
- Tanzania
- Haya-Sprache
- Haya
- Genre/Form
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Folklore.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-240) and index.
- Contents
- Style, Theme, and Composition in Genre -- The Logic of Proverbs -- Emergent Complexities and Complex Emergencies in Folktales -- Heroic Society in Interlacustrine Africa -- A Genre-Powered Reading of Kachwenyanja -- Stanzas Need No Rhyme -- Significance Needs Time.
- ISBN
- 019511700X
- 9780195117004
- LCCN
- 98047851
- OCLC
- ocm40347362
- 40347362
- SCSB-573867
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library