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Storytelling in Northern Zambia:theory, method, practice and other necessary …
Storytelling plays an important part in the vibrant cultural life of Zambia and in many other communities across Africa. This innovative book provides a collection and analysis of oral narrative traditions as practiced by five Bemba-speaking ethnic groups in Zambia. The integration of newly digitalised audio and video recordings into the text enables the reader to encounter the storytellers the…
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- 9781909254619
- Deskripsi Fisik
- xviii, 274 p. : ill. : ind. ; 24 cm
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- 808.543 CAN s
Ovid, Metamorphoses, 3.511-733 :Latin text with introduction, commentary, glo…
This extract from Ovid's 'Theban History' recounts the confrontation of Pentheus, king of Thebes, with his divine cousin, Bacchus, the god of wine. Notwithstanding the warnings of the seer Tiresias and the cautionary tale of a character Acoetes (perhaps Bacchus in disguise), who tells of how the god once transformed a group of blasphemous sailors into dolphins, Pentheus refuses to acknowledge t…
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- 9781783740840
- Deskripsi Fisik
- xii, 221p. ; ill.
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- 873.01 GIL o
The rain gods' rebellion :the cultural basis of a Nahua insurgency
"The Rain Gods’ Rebellion examines Nahua oral narratives to illuminate the cultural basis of the 1977–1984 rebellion against the local Hispanic elite in Huitzilan de Serdán, Mexico. Drawing from forty years of fieldwork in the region, James M. Taggart traces the sociopolitical role of Nahua rain gods—who took both human and divine forms—back hundreds of years and sheds new light on the…
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- 9781607329503
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- ix. ;241 p. ;ill.
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- 972.48.
Tales of darkness and light:Soso Tham's the old days of the Khasis
Soso Tham (1873–1940), the acknowledged poet laureate of the Khasis of northeastern India, was one of the first writers to give written poetic form to the rich oral tradition of his people. Poet of landscape, myth and memory, Soso Tham paid rich and poignant tribute to his tribe in his masterpiece The Old Days of the Khasis. Janet Hujon’s vibrant new translation presents the English reader…
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- 9781783744701
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- 83 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
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- 895.93 THA t
Xiipúktan (first of all):three views of the origins of the Quechan people
The Quechan people live along the lower part of the Colorado River in the United States. According to tradition, the Quechan and other Yuman people were created at the beginning of time, and their Creation myth explains how they came into existence, the origin of their environment, and the significance of their oldest traditions. The Creation myth forms the backdrop against which much of the tr…
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- 9781909254411
- Deskripsi Fisik
- 210 p. ; 24 cm
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- 973.0497 BRY x
Icelandic folklore and the cultural memory of religious change
This book attempts to understand the origins and development of religious belief in Iceland and greater Scandinavia through the lenses of five carefully selected Icelandic folktales collected in Iceland during the nineteenth century. Each of these five stories has a story of its own: a historical and cultural context, a literary legacy, influences from beliefs of all kinds (orthodox and heterod…
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- 9781641893763
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- VII, 162 p.
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- 398 BRY i
Karya Umum 
Filsafat 
Agama 
Ilmu-ilmu Sosial 
Bahasa 
Ilmu-ilmu Murni 
Ilmu-ilmu Terapan 
Kesenian, Hiburan, dan Olahraga 
Kesusastraan 
Geografi dan Sejarah