Society and Social Sciences, Sociology and Anthropology, Anthropology
Verbal Arts in Madagascar

Verbal Arts in Madagascar: Performance in Historical Perspective

Hardback Published on: 29/02/1992
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Synopsis

A history of the encounter between Europeans and the colonized people with a groundbreaking analysis of four types of Malagasy folklore: riddles, proverbs, hainteny (dialogic exchanges of traditional metaphors), and oratory.

Publisher information

  • Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
  • ISBN: 9780812231410
  • Number of pages: 242
  • Dimensions: 241 x 165 x 19 mm
  • Weight: 600g
  • Languages: English