Bushman letters : interpreting /Xam narrative / / Michael Wessels |
Autore | Wessels Michael |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Johannesburg : , : Witz University Press, , 2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (518 p.) |
Disciplina | 398.204961 |
Soggetto topico |
Oral history - South Africa
San (African people) San (African people) - Social life and customs San (African people) - History |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-86814-622-7
1-86814-709-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Note on Terminology; Note on References to the Bleek and Lloyd Notebooks; Introduction; SECTION 1: TEXT, MYTH AND NARRATIVE; Chapter 1: Reading Narrative: Some Theoretical Considerations; Chapter 2: Text or Presence? On Re-reading the |Xam and the Interpretation of their Narratives; Chapter 3: Whose Myths are the |Xam Narratives?; Chapter 4: The Question of the Trickster: Interpreting |Kaggen; SECTION 2: INTERPRETING THE |XAM NARRATIVES: A DISCUSSION OF THREE BOOKS
Chapter 5: Reading the Hartebeest: A Critical Appraisal of Roger Hewitt's Interpretation of the |Xam NarrativesChapter 6: Foraging, Talking and Tricksters: An Examination of the Contribution of Mathias Guenther's Tricksters and Trancers to Reading the |Xam Narratives; Chapter 7: History and Interpretation: Some of the Implications of Andrew Bank's Bushmen in a Victorian World: The Remarkable Story of the Bleek-Lloyd Collection of Bushman Folklore for Reading the |Xam Narratives; SECTION 3: READING THE NARRATIVES Chapter 8: Hare's Lip and Crows' Necks: The Question of Origins and Versions in the |Xam StoriesChapter 9: The Story in Which 'The Children are sent to Throw the Sleeping Sun into the Sky': Power, Identity and Difference in a |Xam Narrative; Chapter 10: The Story of 'The Girl of the Early Race who Made Stars': The Discursive Character of the |Xam Texts; SECTION 4: CONTROVERSIES; Chapter 11: RELIGION in a |Xam Narrative; Chapter 12: Antjie Krog, Stephen Watson and the Metaphysics of Presence; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910460719003321 |
Wessels Michael | ||
Johannesburg : , : Witz University Press, , 2010 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Bushman letters : interpreting /Xam narrative / / Michael Wessels [[electronic resource]] |
Autore | Wessels Michael |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Johannesburg : , : Wits University Press, , 2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (330 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
Disciplina | 398.204961 |
Soggetto topico |
Oral history - South Africa
San (African people) San (African people) - Social life and customs San (African people) - History |
ISBN |
1-86814-622-7
1-86814-709-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Note on Terminology; Note on References to the Bleek and Lloyd Notebooks; Introduction; SECTION 1: TEXT, MYTH AND NARRATIVE; Chapter 1: Reading Narrative: Some Theoretical Considerations; Chapter 2: Text or Presence? On Re-reading the |Xam and the Interpretation of their Narratives; Chapter 3: Whose Myths are the |Xam Narratives?; Chapter 4: The Question of the Trickster: Interpreting |Kaggen; SECTION 2: INTERPRETING THE |XAM NARRATIVES: A DISCUSSION OF THREE BOOKS
Chapter 5: Reading the Hartebeest: A Critical Appraisal of Roger Hewitt's Interpretation of the |Xam NarrativesChapter 6: Foraging, Talking and Tricksters: An Examination of the Contribution of Mathias Guenther's Tricksters and Trancers to Reading the |Xam Narratives; Chapter 7: History and Interpretation: Some of the Implications of Andrew Bank's Bushmen in a Victorian World: The Remarkable Story of the Bleek-Lloyd Collection of Bushman Folklore for Reading the |Xam Narratives; SECTION 3: READING THE NARRATIVES Chapter 8: Hare's Lip and Crows' Necks: The Question of Origins and Versions in the |Xam StoriesChapter 9: The Story in Which 'The Children are sent to Throw the Sleeping Sun into the Sky': Power, Identity and Difference in a |Xam Narrative; Chapter 10: The Story of 'The Girl of the Early Race who Made Stars': The Discursive Character of the |Xam Texts; SECTION 4: CONTROVERSIES; Chapter 11: RELIGION in a |Xam Narrative; Chapter 12: Antjie Krog, Stephen Watson and the Metaphysics of Presence; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910797202503321 |
Wessels Michael | ||
Johannesburg : , : Wits University Press, , 2010 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
|
Bushman letters : interpreting /Xam narrative / / Michael Wessels [[electronic resource]] |
Autore | Wessels Michael |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Johannesburg : , : Wits University Press, , 2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (330 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
Disciplina | 398.204961 |
Soggetto topico |
Oral history - South Africa
San (African people) San (African people) - Social life and customs San (African people) - History |
ISBN |
1-86814-622-7
1-86814-709-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Note on Terminology; Note on References to the Bleek and Lloyd Notebooks; Introduction; SECTION 1: TEXT, MYTH AND NARRATIVE; Chapter 1: Reading Narrative: Some Theoretical Considerations; Chapter 2: Text or Presence? On Re-reading the |Xam and the Interpretation of their Narratives; Chapter 3: Whose Myths are the |Xam Narratives?; Chapter 4: The Question of the Trickster: Interpreting |Kaggen; SECTION 2: INTERPRETING THE |XAM NARRATIVES: A DISCUSSION OF THREE BOOKS
Chapter 5: Reading the Hartebeest: A Critical Appraisal of Roger Hewitt's Interpretation of the |Xam NarrativesChapter 6: Foraging, Talking and Tricksters: An Examination of the Contribution of Mathias Guenther's Tricksters and Trancers to Reading the |Xam Narratives; Chapter 7: History and Interpretation: Some of the Implications of Andrew Bank's Bushmen in a Victorian World: The Remarkable Story of the Bleek-Lloyd Collection of Bushman Folklore for Reading the |Xam Narratives; SECTION 3: READING THE NARRATIVES Chapter 8: Hare's Lip and Crows' Necks: The Question of Origins and Versions in the |Xam StoriesChapter 9: The Story in Which 'The Children are sent to Throw the Sleeping Sun into the Sky': Power, Identity and Difference in a |Xam Narrative; Chapter 10: The Story of 'The Girl of the Early Race who Made Stars': The Discursive Character of the |Xam Texts; SECTION 4: CONTROVERSIES; Chapter 11: RELIGION in a |Xam Narrative; Chapter 12: Antjie Krog, Stephen Watson and the Metaphysics of Presence; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910810749903321 |
Wessels Michael | ||
Johannesburg : , : Wits University Press, , 2010 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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