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001 2007005768
003 DLC
005 20090328083443.0
008 070209s2007 enk b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2007005768
020 $a9780226249711 (cloth : alk. paper)
020 $a9780226249728 (pbk. : alk. paper)
020 $a9781847010001 (cloth : James Currey)
020 $a1847010008 (cloth : James Currey)
020 $a9781847010018 (pbk. : James Currey)
020 $a1847010016 (pbk. : James Currey)
020 $a0226249719 (cloth : alk. paper)
020 $a0226249727 (pbk. : alk. paper)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocm84152877
035 $a(OCoLC)84152877
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dBTCTA$dBAKER$dC#P$dYDXCP$dOKU$dDLC
043 $af------
050 00 $aGR350$b.F556 2007
082 00 $a398.2096$222
100 1 $aFinnegan, Ruth H.
245 14 $aThe oral and beyond :$bdoing things with words in Africa /$cRuth Finnegan.
260 $aOxford :$bJames Currey ;$aChicago :$bUniversity of Chicago Press ;$aPietermaritzburg :$bUniversity of KwaZulu-Natal Press,$c2007.
300 $axiii, 258 p. ;$c23 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 225-251) and index.
505 0 $aIntroducing words -- The reflective practice of speech and language : a West African example -- How to do things with words among the Limba -- The arts and action of Limba story-telling -- Stories of Africa, stories about Africa -- Literature as oral, the oral as literature -- Is oral literature composed in performance? -- Time, performance and literature -- Constructing 'oral literature in Africa' : hindsights a generation later -- Creating texts : transformation and enscription -- Conceptualising oral texts and beyond -- Words, the human attribute?
650 0 $aOral tradition$zAfrica.
651 0 $aAfrica$xFolklore.
856 41 $3Table of contents only$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0710/2007005768.html
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0732/2007005768-d.html
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0827/2007005768-b.html