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The Bukusu of Kenya : folktales, culture and social identities / Namulundah Florence.
Van Pelt Library GR356.42.B83 F55 2011
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Florence, Namulundah, 1958-
- Series:
- Carolina Academic Press African world series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Bukusu (African people)--Folklore.
- Bukusu (African people).
- Folk literature, Bukusu--Themes, motives.
- Folk literature, Bukusu.
- Storytelling--Social aspects--Kenya.
- Storytelling.
- Storytelling--Social aspects.
- Themes, motives.
- Folklore.
- Kenya.
- Physical Description:
- xix, 180 pages ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Durham, N.C. : Carolina Academic Press, [2011]
- Summary:
- Florence (education, City U. of New York-Brooklyn College) analyzes how folk tales put pressure on people's behavior, and how they reflect the pressure and values that people actually encounter in daily life. She discusses folktale significance and narrators, the structure of stories, Bukusu traditions in folktales, animals and the inanimate world, and cultural stability and change in Bukusu folktales. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
- Contents:
- Folktale significance and narrators
- Structure of stories
- Bukusu traditions in folktales
- Animals and the inanimate world
- Folktales and Bukusu traditions.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781611630251
- 1611630258
- OCLC:
- 706677528
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