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UNINA9910778416603321 |
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Autore |
Scheub Harold |
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Titolo |
The tongue is fire : South Africa storytellers and apartheid / / Harold Scheub |
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Madison : , : University of Wisconsin Press, , 1996 |
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©1996 |
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ISBN |
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0-585-17619-1 |
1-282-42405-X |
9786612424052 |
0-299-15093-3 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xxvii, 448 pages) : illustrations |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Storytelling - South Africa |
Oral tradition - South Africa |
Folklore - Political aspects - South Africa |
Apartheid - South Africa |
South Africa Social life and customs |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 421-428) and index. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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In the years between the Sharpeville Massacre of 1960 and the Soweto Uprising of 1976--a period that was both the height of the apartheid system in South Africa and, in retrospect, the beginning of its end--Harold Scheub went to Africa to collect stories. |
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