The oral traditions of the Shona peoples of Zimbabwe :
Pongweni, Alec
The oral traditions of the Shona peoples of Zimbabwe : studies of their folktales, songs, praise poetry and naming practices / created by Alec Pongweni. - Cape Town : Centre for Advanced Studies of African Society, 2012. - 395 pages ; 22 cm. - no. 80 . - CASAS book series ; .
Includes bibliographical references
Chapter 1 - Southern African folklore: an overview, 2 - Shona praise poetry as role negotiation, 3 - Shona clans and their praise poems, 4 - Language, gender and sexuality among the Shona, 5 - A responsive audience: texture, text and context in Shona folklore, 6 - The Chimurenga songs of the Zimbabwean war of liberation, 7 - Figurative language, culture and the problems of translations, 8 - Culture-bound stereotypes of woman in Shona folktales, 9 - The language of advertising and its socio-cultuiral implications for the consumer, 10 - What's in a name? a study of Shona naming practices.
9781920287085
016522767 Uk
Clans--Zimbabwe.
Oral tradition--Zimbabwe.
Songs, Shona--Zimbabwe.
Laudatory poetry, Shona.
Shona (African people)--Social life and customs.
Folk poetry, Shona.
Folklore--Zimbabwe.
Simbabwe.
The oral traditions of the Shona peoples of Zimbabwe : studies of their folktales, songs, praise poetry and naming practices / created by Alec Pongweni. - Cape Town : Centre for Advanced Studies of African Society, 2012. - 395 pages ; 22 cm. - no. 80 . - CASAS book series ; .
Includes bibliographical references
Chapter 1 - Southern African folklore: an overview, 2 - Shona praise poetry as role negotiation, 3 - Shona clans and their praise poems, 4 - Language, gender and sexuality among the Shona, 5 - A responsive audience: texture, text and context in Shona folklore, 6 - The Chimurenga songs of the Zimbabwean war of liberation, 7 - Figurative language, culture and the problems of translations, 8 - Culture-bound stereotypes of woman in Shona folktales, 9 - The language of advertising and its socio-cultuiral implications for the consumer, 10 - What's in a name? a study of Shona naming practices.
9781920287085
016522767 Uk
Clans--Zimbabwe.
Oral tradition--Zimbabwe.
Songs, Shona--Zimbabwe.
Laudatory poetry, Shona.
Shona (African people)--Social life and customs.
Folk poetry, Shona.
Folklore--Zimbabwe.
Simbabwe.