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The Powers of Genre: Interpreting Haya Oral Literature - Oxford Studies in Anthropological Linguistics Seitel, Peter (Senior Folklorist, Center for Folklife Programs and Cultural Studies, Senior Folklorist, Center for Folklife Programs and Cultural Studies, Smithsonian Institute)
The Powers of Genre: Interpreting Haya Oral Literature - Oxford Studies in Anthropological Linguistics
Seitel, Peter (Senior Folklorist, Center for Folklife Programs and Cultural Studies, Senior Folklorist, Center for Folklife Programs and Cultural Studies, Smithsonian Institute)
This volume describes a method for interpreting oral literature that enables dialogue between insiders and outsiders of a tradition. Seitel illustrates this method with lively examples from Haya (from Northwestern Tanzania) proverbs, folktales, and heroic verse.
258 pages, bibliography
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | April 8, 1999 |
| ISBN13 | 9780195117004 |
| Publishers | Oxford University Press Inc |
| Pages | 264 |
| Dimensions | 225 × 173 × 22 mm · 567 g |
| Language | English |