Customs and Beliefs of The |xam / Jeremy Hollmann.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hollmann, Jeremy, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

San (African people)--Religion.

San (African people).

San (African people)--Social life and customs.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxi, 578 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Johannesburg, South Africa : Wits University Press, [2022]

Language Note:

Text in English with English summaries and translations of tales in /xam.

Summary:

More than one hundred twenty-five years ago, a remarkable group of people came together in Cape Town to write down the language and beliefs of the |xam people, a Bushman group that once lived over much of South Africa. The immensely valuable work of Wilhelm Bleek, Lucy Lloyd and their |xam teachers not only preserved a language now no longer spoken, but also provided fascinating insights into |xam cosmology. First published in 2004, <i>Customs and Beliefs of the |xam</i> reproduces Dorothea Bleek's selection of |xam narratives from the well-known Bleek and Lloyd Collection that was originally published in the journal Bantu Studies during the 1930s. Collated and edited by Jeremy Hollman, the extracts include detailed notes on each of the narratives, as well as Bleek's 'sketch' of |xam grammar.<br><br>This substantially revised second edition integrates new scholarship on the Bleek and Lloyd archive, and restores previously omitted material. The introduction to each narrative has been expanded to contextualise it within the archive as a whole and, where relevant, reference it to the Notebook of which it is a part. This includes meticulous cross-referencing with the Bleek and Lloyd Collection catalogue code and the Notebook number and line reference. Each of the texts has also been critically reassessed, with additional editorial notes and commentaries, in particular with respect to the |xam words themselves and the ways in which they have been translated. A synopsis of each narrative is provided in an appendix, with cross references to the Bleek and Lloyd notebooks.

Contents:

Baboons

The lion

Game animals

Omens, windmaking, clouds - Rain - Rainmaking - Sorcerers

More about sorcerers and charms

Special speech of animals and moon.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 24 Nov 2023).

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781776147786

1776147782

OCLC:

1356617864