The tongue is fire [[electronic resource] ] : South Africa storytellers and apartheid / / Harold Scheub |
Autore | Scheub Harold |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Madison, : University of Wisconsin Press, c1996 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xxvii, 448 p. ) : ill. ; |
Disciplina | 398/.0968 |
Soggetto topico |
Storytelling - South Africa
Oral tradition - South Africa Folklore - Political aspects - South Africa Apartheid - South Africa |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
0-585-17619-1
1-282-42405-X 9786612424052 0-299-15093-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910455108203321 |
Scheub Harold | ||
Madison, : University of Wisconsin Press, c1996 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The tongue is fire : South Africa storytellers and apartheid / / Harold Scheub |
Autore | Scheub Harold |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Madison : , : University of Wisconsin Press, , 1996 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xxvii, 448 pages) : illustrations |
Disciplina | 398/.0968 |
Soggetto topico |
Storytelling - South Africa
Oral tradition - South Africa Folklore - Political aspects - South Africa Apartheid - South Africa |
ISBN |
0-585-17619-1
1-282-42405-X 9786612424052 0-299-15093-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910778416603321 |
Scheub Harold | ||
Madison : , : University of Wisconsin Press, , 1996 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The tongue is fire : South Africa storytellers and apartheid / / Harold Scheub |
Autore | Scheub Harold |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Madison : , : University of Wisconsin Press, , 1996 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xxvii, 448 pages) : illustrations |
Disciplina | 398/.0968 |
Soggetto topico |
Storytelling - South Africa
Oral tradition - South Africa Folklore - Political aspects - South Africa Apartheid - South Africa |
ISBN |
0-585-17619-1
1-282-42405-X 9786612424052 0-299-15093-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Intro -- Contents -- IIIustrutions -- Preface -- Note -- Introduction: Some Moments, Figures, and Themes in South African History -- PROLOGUE FOUNDERS OF THE INHERITANCE: "LET ME GO BACK" -- Introduction -- Ndumiso Bhotomane, Origins of the Xhosa -- The Development of the Kingdom -- The State of the Kingdom -- PART 1 CULTIVATING THE PAST: "THIS IS GOD'S PLACE" -- Introduction -- Nongenile Masithathu Zenani, "The Necessary Clown" -- Nongenile Masithathu Zenani, "The Endless Mountain" -- Hayibo, Mityi's Stepbrother -- Mityi, the Neglected -- Mityi, the Creator -- Mityi, the Queen -- PART 2 AMBIGUOUS PROMISE: "IT KEEPS ON HAPPENING, IT KEEPS ON HAPPENING" -- Introduction -- Noplani Gxavu, Malikophu's Daughter -- Emily Ntsobane, The Deadly Pumpkin -- PART 3 THE THREATENED DREAM: "THE LAND WAS SEIZED" -- Introduction -- Mdukiswa Tyabashe, So Tall He Touched the Heavens -- Mdukiswa Tyabashe, All the Land of the Mpondomise -- From the Blue Region -- The Hunter and Master of Magic -- The Dreamer -- Struggle for the Throne -- The Sacred Snake -- The Woman Who Would Be King -- Shaka Invades the Mpondomise -- A Land Divided -- Conflict with the Thembu -- Like a Woman Carrying Children on Her Back -- Freedom-fighter -- Flight -- Mtshophane Mamba, Snapping at the Water's Foam -- Ndumiso Bhotomane, The Land Was Seized: The Ngcayechibi War of 1877 -- Ashton Ngcama, The Land Has Grown Old -- Ashton Ngcama, Tears in Your Stomach -- PART 4 UNCERTAIN HOPE: LIGHTING "AN UNCONTROLLABLE FIRE" -- Introduction -- Ndumiso Bhotomane, She Spoke about the Resurrection: Nongqawuse and the Cattle Killing of 1857 -- Nongenile Masithathu Zenani, No Person Arose -- Sondoda Ngcobo, Chakijana, the Trickster -- Sondoda Ngcobo, Chakijana, Zulu Freedom-fighter -- Frederick William Calverley, So Everybody Was After Chakijana -- P.W. van Niekerk, The Whites Were to Be Killed.
EPILOGUE SEIZERS OF THE INHERITANCE: "THE STORY IS PAINFUL" -- Introduction -- Nomusa Makhoba, Jabulani Alone -- Death of the Father -- Destitute -- Seizers of the Inheritance -- Coming of Age -- Death of the Mother -- Independence -- Return -- Jabulani Alone -- Magagamela Koko, Age and Death -- When You Are Grey -- Now I Am Spent -- Notes -- Sources -- Index. |
Record Nr. | UNISA-996248172003316 |
Scheub Harold | ||
Madison : , : University of Wisconsin Press, , 1996 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno | ||
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The tongue is fire : South Africa storytellers and apartheid / / Harold Scheub |
Autore | Scheub Harold |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Madison, : University of Wisconsin Press, c1996 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xxvii, 448 pages) : illustrations |
Disciplina | 398/.0968 |
Soggetto topico |
Storytelling - South Africa
Oral tradition - South Africa Folklore - Political aspects - South Africa Apartheid - South Africa |
ISBN |
0-585-17619-1
1-282-42405-X 9786612424052 0-299-15093-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Intro -- Contents -- IIIustrutions -- Preface -- Note -- Introduction: Some Moments, Figures, and Themes in South African History -- PROLOGUE FOUNDERS OF THE INHERITANCE: "LET ME GO BACK" -- Introduction -- Ndumiso Bhotomane, Origins of the Xhosa -- The Development of the Kingdom -- The State of the Kingdom -- PART 1 CULTIVATING THE PAST: "THIS IS GOD'S PLACE" -- Introduction -- Nongenile Masithathu Zenani, "The Necessary Clown" -- Nongenile Masithathu Zenani, "The Endless Mountain" -- Hayibo, Mityi's Stepbrother -- Mityi, the Neglected -- Mityi, the Creator -- Mityi, the Queen -- PART 2 AMBIGUOUS PROMISE: "IT KEEPS ON HAPPENING, IT KEEPS ON HAPPENING" -- Introduction -- Noplani Gxavu, Malikophu's Daughter -- Emily Ntsobane, The Deadly Pumpkin -- PART 3 THE THREATENED DREAM: "THE LAND WAS SEIZED" -- Introduction -- Mdukiswa Tyabashe, So Tall He Touched the Heavens -- Mdukiswa Tyabashe, All the Land of the Mpondomise -- From the Blue Region -- The Hunter and Master of Magic -- The Dreamer -- Struggle for the Throne -- The Sacred Snake -- The Woman Who Would Be King -- Shaka Invades the Mpondomise -- A Land Divided -- Conflict with the Thembu -- Like a Woman Carrying Children on Her Back -- Freedom-fighter -- Flight -- Mtshophane Mamba, Snapping at the Water's Foam -- Ndumiso Bhotomane, The Land Was Seized: The Ngcayechibi War of 1877 -- Ashton Ngcama, The Land Has Grown Old -- Ashton Ngcama, Tears in Your Stomach -- PART 4 UNCERTAIN HOPE: LIGHTING "AN UNCONTROLLABLE FIRE" -- Introduction -- Ndumiso Bhotomane, She Spoke about the Resurrection: Nongqawuse and the Cattle Killing of 1857 -- Nongenile Masithathu Zenani, No Person Arose -- Sondoda Ngcobo, Chakijana, the Trickster -- Sondoda Ngcobo, Chakijana, Zulu Freedom-fighter -- Frederick William Calverley, So Everybody Was After Chakijana -- P.W. van Niekerk, The Whites Were to Be Killed.
EPILOGUE SEIZERS OF THE INHERITANCE: "THE STORY IS PAINFUL" -- Introduction -- Nomusa Makhoba, Jabulani Alone -- Death of the Father -- Destitute -- Seizers of the Inheritance -- Coming of Age -- Death of the Mother -- Independence -- Return -- Jabulani Alone -- Magagamela Koko, Age and Death -- When You Are Grey -- Now I Am Spent -- Notes -- Sources -- Index. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910815057703321 |
Scheub Harold | ||
Madison, : University of Wisconsin Press, c1996 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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