9780521241977 - Defiant Maids and Stubborn Farmers: Tradition and Invention in Mende Story Performance (Cambridge Studies in Oral & Literate Culture) von Cosentino, Donald J. (6 Ergebnisse)

HARDCOVER. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: cover and edge wear, Good+. 1st edition. 226pp, bw illustrations, octavo. Cambridge Studies in Oral and Literate Culture 4. corner bumping, cover wear, tight binding, clean throughout, Very Good-.

Zustand: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,600grams, ISBN:0521241979.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Series: Cambridge Studies in Oral and Literate Culture. 238p cloth with green dustjacket, pages unmarked, binding firm, top edge a little dusty Language: English.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. xii, 226 pages ; 23 cm. Summary:The domei is a popular narrative art form among the Mende people of Sierra Leone. Although it is a traditional form, the narratives are not remembered or retold, but on each occasion the performers recreate out of a common stock of characters and plots domeisia, which are singular and sometimes brilliant expressions of a singular, and often brilliant, culture. In this book Donald Cosentino presents a large selection of these narratives, as he collected them in dramatic performance on the verandahs and around the cooking fires of a Mende village. The domei is told to please, and Dr Cosentino details the various elements that constitute the pleasure of an oral performance. But beneath the surface glitter of these ironic, horrifying, bawdy and haunting narrative performances, there is an intellectual hardness of argument and debate which shines through the domeisia included here. Dominating these performances, and emblematic of the entire artistic tradition, are the 'everywoman' figure of the Defiant Maid, Yombo, and the 'everyman' Stubborn Farmer, Kpana.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 1st Edition. xii, 226 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Zustand: Fair. Volume 4. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. Clean from markings. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,600grams, ISBN:0521241979.