Vimbuza The Healing Dance of Northern Malawi (e-bog) af Soko, Boston
Soko, Boston (forfatter)

Vimbuza The Healing Dance of Northern Malawi e-bog

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The purpose of this book is to show that the possession cult of Vimbuza presents itself as an oral genre which is part and parcel of African Oral Literature. The ethnolinguistic study which we undertake will permit us to catch a glimpse of its whole complexity. The analysis has a bearing on four principal aspects. Historical developments: a certain number of facts concerning the birth of posses...
E-bog 403,64 DKK
Forfattere Soko, Boston (forfatter)
Forlag Mzuni Press
Udgivet 12 juni 2014
Længde 262 sider
Genrer Social and cultural anthropology
Sprog English
Format pdf
Beskyttelse LCP
ISBN 9789990802504
The purpose of this book is to show that the possession cult of Vimbuza presents itself as an oral genre which is part and parcel of African Oral Literature. The ethnolinguistic study which we undertake will permit us to catch a glimpse of its whole complexity. The analysis has a bearing on four principal aspects. Historical developments: a certain number of facts concerning the birth of possession among the Tumbuka; possession: the study attempts to show how the cult articulates itself with its beliefs and the use of divination; the social role: analysis of social functions; the style: an analysis of the linguistic procedures which are characteristic of Vimbuza songs. The presence of rhetorical figures would confirm that we are talking about an oral literary genre.