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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: David B. CoplanPublisher: The University of Chicago Press Imprint: University of Chicago Press Edition: 2nd ed. Dimensions: Width: 1.60cm , Height: 0.20cm , Length: 2.40cm Weight: 0.624kg ISBN: 9780226115733ISBN 10: 0226115739 Pages: 322 Publication Date: 01 February 1995 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Out of Stock Indefinitely Availability: Awaiting stock ![]() Table of Contents"Acknowledgments Preface Orthographic Note Ch. 1: ""Hyenas Do Not Sleep Together"": The Interpretation of Basotho Migrants' Auriture Ch. 2: ""The Mouth of a Commoner Is Not Listened To"": Power, Performance, and History Ch. 3: ""Greetings, Child of God!"": Generations of Travelers and Their Songs Ch. 4: ""An Initiation Secret Is Not Told at Home"": The Making of a Country Traveler Ch. 5: ""These Mine Compounds, I Have Long Worked Them"": Auriture and Migrants' Labors Ch. 6: ""I'd Rather Die in the Whiteman's Land"": The Traveling Women of Eloquence Ch. 7: ""My Heart Fights with My Understanding"": Bar Women's Auriture and Basotho Popular Culture Ch. 8: ""Eloquence Is Not Stuck on Like a Feather"": Sesotho Aural Composition and Aesthetics Ch. 9: ""Laughter Is Greater than Death"": Migrants' Songs and the Meaning of Sesotho Appendix One Appendix Two References Index Notes"ReviewsAuthor InformationDavid B. Coplan is associate professor of social anthropology at the University of Cape Town. He is the author of In Township Tonight: South Africa's Black City Music and Theatre. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |