MARC record from Internet Archive

LEADER: 03136cam 22005171a 4500
001 ocm01127400
003 OCoLC
005 20200323152913.0
008 750102s1962 mau 000 0 eng
010 $a 62007895
040 $aDLC$beng$cDLC$dOUN$dSER$dYAM$dSMI$dLGG$dDEBBG$dTMI$dUKMGB$dOCLCF$dOCLCO$dOCLCQ$dOCL$dOCLCQ$dNLC$dOCLCQ$dOCLCA$dOCLCQ$dPAU$dOCLCO$dOCLCA$dNNJ
016 7 $a001144867$2Uk
016 $a(AMICUS)000004192026
019 $a1003195896
035 $a(OCoLC)1127400$z(OCoLC)1003195896
041 1 $aeng$humb
042 $apremarc
043 $af-ao---
050 00 $aGR360.A5$bE5
055 0 $aGR360.A5E5 1962
082 0 $a398.2
084 $aEP 20383$2rvk
100 1 $aEnnis, Merlin W.
245 10 $aUmbundu :$bfolk tales from Angola /$ccollected and translated by Merlin Ennis ; comparative analysis by Albert B. Lord.
260 $aBoston :$bBeacon Press,$c©1962.
300 $axxix, 316 pages ;$c21 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
520 $aIn the middle of the wild bush country of West Africa live the Ovimbundu of Angola. For generations the transmission of their culture has been by word-of-mouth through the art of tribal storytellers. Now for the first time an American who lived among them for almost 40 years has translated and written down these tales and legends from the Umbundu, without altering their tone, pace and frank detail. There is a mine of fresh material in these stories of magic and bizarre adventure, with special insight into the sensitivity, tensions, exuberance and pride of Angola and Black Africa. Here are thrilling records of fact and fancy, of orges, taboos, witches, cannibalism, primitive courtship, tribal domestic problems, hunting, famine, adventures with animals and many more dramatic complications intrinsic in the lives and lore of these long isolated peoples. Here also are fascinating parallels with the "Uncle Remus" stories of the Southern Negro and even with classical and Norse mythology. The tales are arranged by theme and subject, and an introduction by Albert Lord offers a comparative analysis of many types of stories. This is rich reading for all who wish to relish the true flavor of African folk tales and tribal life and for all who are interested in man and his myths and how they reveal the unconscious soul of a people. -book jacket
650 0 $aTales$zAngola.
650 0 $aMbundu (African people)$xFolklore.
650 7 $aMbundu (African people)$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01013005
650 7 $aTales.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01142246
651 7 $aAngola.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01208401
650 7 $aVolkserzählung$2gnd
650 07 $aAnthologie.$2swd
651 7 $aMbundu.$2swd
655 7 $aFolklore.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01423784
700 1 $aLord, Albert Bates.
776 08 $iOnline version:$aEnnis, Merlin W.$tUmbundu.$dBoston : Beacon Press, ©1962$w(OCoLC)575659725
029 1 $aAU@$b000028333812
029 1 $aDEBBG$bBV006036583
029 1 $aNLC$b000004192026
994 $aZ0$bP4A
948 $hNO HOLDINGS IN P4A - 373 OTHER HOLDINGS