by PeterSeitel (Author)
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.
Format: Illustrated
Pages: 260
Edition: Illustrated
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 01 Nov 1998
ISBN 10: 019511700X
ISBN 13: 9780195117004