TY  - BOOK
AU  - Pongweni,Alec
TI  - The oral traditions of the Shona peoples of Zimbabwe: studies of their folktales, songs, praise poetry and naming practices 
T2  - CASAS book series
SN  - 9781920287085
PY  - 2012///
CY  - Cape Town
PB  - Centre for Advanced Studies of African Society
KW  - Clans
KW  - Zimbabwe
KW  - Oral tradition
KW  - Songs, Shona
KW  - Laudatory poetry, Shona
KW  - Shona (African people)
KW  - Social life and customs
KW  - Folk poetry, Shona
KW  - Folklore
KW  - Simbabwe
KW  - gnd
N1  - 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
ER  -