The oral traditions of the Shona peoples of Zimbabwe : studies of their folktales, songs, praise poetry and naming practices / created by Alec Pongweni.
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TextLanguage: English Series: . no. 80 Publication details: Cape Town : Centre for Advanced Studies of African Society, 2012.Description: 395 pages ; 22 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781920287085
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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.
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