Griots at war [[electronic resource] ] : conflict, conciliation, and caste in Mande / / Barbara G. Hoffman ; Mande transcriptions and translations prepared in collaboration with Kassim Koné

• Autore: Hoffman Barbara G
• Pubblicazione: Bloomington, : Indiana University Press, c2000
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (318 p.)
• Disciplina: 398/.089/96345
• Soggetto topico: Mandingo (African people); Mandingo (African people) - Social life and customs; Griots - Mali - Kita; Storytelling - Mali - Kita; Oral tradition - Mali - Kita; Oratory - Mali - Kita
• Soggetto geografico: Kita (Mali) Social life and customs
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [282]-291) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Acknowledgments; Note on Orthography; PROLOGUE: An Invitation to War; ONE: Power and Paradox, Griots and Mande Social Organization; TWO: In the Hands of Speech; THREE: A History of Fadenya, Interpretations of the Kita Griot War; FOUR: Making Boundaries, When Griots Speak Before Nobles; FIVE: Breaking Boundaries, When Nobles Speak Before Griots; SIX: The Healer Who Is Ill Must Swallow His Own Saliva, When Griots Speak to Griots; SEVEN: Caste, Mande-Style; EPILOGUE: A Wound Cannot Heal on PusŽ; Notes; Bibliography; Index; About the Author
• Sommario/riassunto: Griots at War Conflict, Conciliation, and Caste in Mande Barbara G. Hoffman An extraordinary account of conflict and peacemaking among griots.""... a compelling study of how social identities and relationships are constructed and reconstructed through action, specifically through speech.... The book succeeds marvelously in conveying the voice of the people who are, in every sense of the word, its subject."" -- Robert LaunayIn 1985, while she was an apprentice griot or jelimuso
• Titolo autorizzato: Griots at war
• ISBN: 1-282-06269-7; 9786612062698; 0-253-10893-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910455049903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II