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The Transmission of Kapsiki-Higi Folktales over Two Generations - Tales That Come, Tales That Go (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2017) Loot Price: R1,521
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The Transmission of Kapsiki-Higi Folktales over Two Generations - Tales That Come, Tales That Go (Paperback, Softcover reprint...

The Transmission of Kapsiki-Higi Folktales over Two Generations - Tales That Come, Tales That Go (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2017)

Walter E.A. van Beek

Series: African Histories and Modernities

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This study on Kapsiki-Higi tales compares two corpuses of stories collected over two generations. In this oral setting, folktales appear much more dynamic than usually assumed, depending on genre, performance and the memory characteristics of the tales themselves. In northeastern Nigeria the author collected these tales twice with a time gap of two generations, in order to assess the dynamics of this oral transmission. The comparison between the two corpuses shows that folktales are a much more dynamic cultural system than is usually thought. These dynamics affect some types of tales more than others, reflect social change and intergroup contact, but also depend on characteristics of the tales themselves. Cognitive approaches of memory shed light on these varieties of transmission, as do performance aspects in tale telling, in particular ideophones.

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Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Series: African Histories and Modernities
Release date: December 2018
First published: 2017
Authors: Walter E.A. van Beek
Dimensions: 210 x 148mm (L x W)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 170
Edition: Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2017
ISBN-13: 978-1-349-95889-4
Categories: Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > General
Books > Humanities > History > African history > General
Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history
Books > History > African history > General
Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history
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LSN: 1-349-95889-1
Barcode: 9781349958894

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