Power, Marginality and African Oral Literature
Graham Furniss
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Power, Marginality and African Oral Literature
by Graham Furniss, Elizabeth Gunner
Published
2008
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Pages
300
ISBN-13
9780521087940
Description
African oral literature, like other forms of popular culture, is not merely folksy, domestic entertainment but a domain in which individuals in a variety of social roles are free to comment on power relations in society. It can also be a significant agent of change capable of directing, provoking, preventing, overturning and recasting perceptions of social reality. This collection examines the way in which oral texts both reflect and affect contemporary social and political life in Africa. It addresses questions of power, gender, the dynamics of language use, the representation of social structures and the relation between culture and the state. The contributors are linguists, anthropologists, folklorists, ethnomusicologists and historians, who present fresh material and ideas to paint a lively picture of current real life situations.
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