Dagara Verbal Art: An African Tradition

Author:   Paschal Kyoore
Publisher:   Peter Lang Publishing Inc
Edition:   New edition
Volume:   12
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9781433147043


Pages:   274
Publication Date:   23 February 2018
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Paschal Kyoore
Publisher:   Peter Lang Publishing Inc
Imprint:   Peter Lang Publishing Inc
Edition:   New edition
Volume:   12
Weight:   0.510kg
ISBN:  

9781433147043


ISBN 10:   1433147041
Pages:   274
Publication Date:   23 February 2018
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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«Dagara Verbal Art is a comprehensive presentation of Dagara folklore. In addition to analyzing and interpreting the folklore, it explores the relationships among various genres: how, for example, folktales relate to riddles and puzzles, how riddling precedes the telling of folktales, and how songs func-tion in the tales. A scholarly study that is readable, engaging, and peppered with interesting and memorable anecdotes, Da-gara Verbal Art is suitable for general readership and courses on folklore.» (Joseph L. Mbele, Western Folklore, Volume 77, Number 1/2018)


Dagara Verbal Art is a comprehensive presentation of Dagara folklore. In addition to analyzing and interpreting the folklore, it explores the relationships among various genres: how, for example, folktales relate to riddles and puzzles, how riddling precedes the telling of folktales, and how songs func-tion in the tales. A scholarly study that is readable, engaging, and peppered with interesting and memorable anecdotes, Da-gara Verbal Art is suitable for general readership and courses on folklore. (Joseph L. Mbele, Western Folklore, Volume 77, Number 1/2018)


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Paschal Kyoore earned his Ph.D. from Ohio State University and his D.E.A from the Université de Bordeaux III. He is currently Professor at Gustavus Adolphus College. His publications include The African and Caribbean Historical Novel in French: A Quest for Identity, Folktales: Dagara of West Africa, and Dagara Folk Tales: Ghana and Burkina Faso, among others.

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