Transmission of kapsiki-higi folktales over two generations : tales that come, tales that go /: tales that come, tales that go. ([2017])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: By Walter E.A. van Beek.
• Other Names: Beek, W. E. A. van
• Contents: List of Figures; List of Tables; chapter 1: Tales at Two Times; An Anthropologist in€the€Land of€Folklore; Kapsiki Folktales over Two Generations; Performance; Modalities of€Comparison; Notes; chapter 2: Grouping the€Tales; Squirrel Tales; Tales of€Other Animals; Humans-Plus; Just Humans; African Tales; Notes; chapter 3: The Tales, Old and€New; Trickster Tales: Squirrel as€a€Hero; Miscellaneous Animals; Death, Monsters and€'Things'; People Among Each Other; Notes; chapter 4: Tales That Went, Tales That Came; Numbers; Shifting Content; Notes; chapter 5: Remembering Folktales. Theories of€TransmissionPermanent Structures; Dynamics of€Transmission; Notes; References; Index.
• Publisher Details: New York : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 960; History; Folklore -- Africa; Folklore -- Nigeria; Kamwe (African people); Ethnology -- Africa; Cultural property; Cultural heritage; Kamwe (African people); Cultural property; Ethnology; Folklore; HISTORY / Civilization; HISTORY / Essays; HISTORY / Reference; HISTORY / Social History; History -- Social History; Social Science -- General; Social Science -- Anthropology -- Cultural; Social & cultural history; Cultural studies; History -- Africa -- General; African history; Nigeria; Africa; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781137594853; 1137594853
• Related ISBNs: 1349949272; 9781349949274
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.