Book/Printed Material Storytelling in northern Zambia : theory, method, practice and other necessary fictions
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Title
- Storytelling in northern Zambia : theory, method, practice and other necessary fictions
Summary
- "Storytelling plays an important part in the vibrant cultural life of Zambia in in man other communities across Africa. This innovative book provides a collection and analysis of oral narrative traditions as practiced by five Bemba-speaking ethnic groups in Zambia. The integration of newly digitalized audio and video recordings into the texst enables the reader to encounter the storytellers themselves and hear their narratives."--Publisher's description.
Names
- Cancel, Robert, author
Created / Published
- Cambridge, UK : Open Book Publishers, 2013.
Headings
- - Oral tradition--Zambia
- - Storytelling--Zambia
- - African languages
- - Anthropology
- - Folklore, myths and legends
- - LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES--Composition & Creative Writing
- - LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES--Rhetoric
- - Oral tradition
- - Popular beliefs and controversial knowledge
- - REFERENCE--Writing Skills
- - Social and cultural anthropology, ethnography Mod Social and cultural anthropology, ethnography
- - SOCIAL SCIENCE--Anthropology--Cultural
- - Society and culture: general
- - Society and social sciences Society and social sciences
- - Sociology and anthropology
- - Storytelling
- - Zambia
Genre
- Electronic books
Notes
- - "World Oral Literature Project"--Cover.
- - Includes bibliographical references (pages 262-270) and index.
- - © 2013 Robert Cancel, Foreword © 2013 Mark Turin. This book is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license (CC-BY 3.0). This license allows you to share, copy, distribute, and transmit the work; to adapt the work and to make commercial use of the work providing attribution is made the respective authors (but not in any way that suggests that they endorse you or your use of the work). Further details available at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0 External
- - Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed April 07, 2020).
Medium
- 1 online resource (xviii, 274 pages) : illustrations
Call Number/Physical Location
- LB1042
Digital Id
Library of Congress Control Number
- 2019467800
OCLC Number
- 878145068
Reproduction Number
- 22573/ctt5qrc0n
Rights Advisory
- Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International CC BY 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode External
Access Advisory
- Unrestricted online access
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- image
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- African Languages
- Anthropology
- Composition & Creative Writing
- Cultural
- Electronic Books
- Folklore, Myths and Legends
- Language Arts & Disciplines
- Oral Tradition
- Popular Beliefs and Controversial Knowledge
- Reference
- Rhetoric
- Social and Cultural Anthropology, Ethnography Mod Social and Cultural Anthropology, Ethnography
- Social Science
- Society and Culture: General
- Society and Social Sciences Society and Social Sciences
- Sociology and Anthropology
- Storytelling
- Writing Skills
- Zambia