African Folktales (Folkloristics) - Softcover

Bascom, William Russell

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0253207363 ISBN 13: 9780253207364

Verlag: Indiana University Press, 1992

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"These essays . . . are of immense importance to anyone interested in the issues of origins and folklore texts." -Choice
" . . . this is Bascom at his best. . . . an attractive and full-bodied book." -Fabula
These essays, devoted to traditional narratives found in Africa and in the New World, represent the last major research project of William Bascom (1912-1981), eminent authority on African art and folklore-his intention was to demonstrate the African roots of African American folktales.

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WILLIAM BASCOM (1912-1981) was Professor of Anthropology and Director of the Robert L. Lowie Museum of Anthropology at the University of California, Berkeley. The author of Ifa Divination and Sixteen Cowries, he co-authored Continuity and Change in African Cultures and A Handbook of West African Art.

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• Verlag: Indiana University Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1992
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0253207363
• ISBN 13: 9780253207364
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 276
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
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