Name: Xhosa Oral Poetry: Aspects of a Black South African Tadition (Cambridge Studies in Oral and Literate Culture) (en Inglés)
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Author: Opland, Jeff
ISBN: 9780521104784

portada Xhosa Oral Poetry: Aspects of a Black South African Tadition (Cambridge Studies in Oral and Literate Culture) (en Inglés)

Formato

Libro Físico

Autor

Jeff Opland

Editorial

Cambridge University Press

Año

2009

Idioma

Inglés

N° páginas

316

Encuadernación

Tapa Blanda

Dimensiones

22.9 x 15.2 x 1.8 cm

Peso

0.46 kg.

ISBN

0521104785

ISBN13

9780521104784

Categorías

Folclore, mitos y leyendas
Antropología

Xhosa Oral Poetry: Aspects of a Black South African Tadition (Cambridge Studies in Oral and Literate Culture) (en Inglés)

Jeff Opland (Autor) · Cambridge University Press · Tapa Blanda

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Reseña del libro "Xhosa Oral Poetry: Aspects of a Black South African Tadition (Cambridge Studies in Oral and Literate Culture) (en Inglés)"

The Xhosa-speaking peoples of south-eastern South Africa have a long tradition of oral poetry, extending back at least two hundred years. This book, first published in 1983, was the first detailed study of that tradition. Jeff Opland has assembled a large corpus of Xhosa oral poetry making his the first analysis of an active South African oral poetic tradition to be based on actual fieldwork. The book focuses in particular on the poetry produced by the imbongi, or court poet, and Professor Opland examines the poetry and careers of four such individuals. He describes the imbongi's informal training, the diction of his poetry and its improvisational character and the relationship of the poet to the chief and the community, revealing that the role of the poetry is essentially political. He also considers the nature of the poetry in relation to ritual. His discussion of Xhosa poetry in relation to theoretical constructs of oral poetry and of oral mental processes is an important contribution to the debate about the nature and distinctiveness of 'oral literature'. With its interdisciplinary approach, it will appeal to readers from many disciplines as well as to general readers interested in African culture.