{"product_id":"the-powers-of-genre-interpreting-haya-oral-literature-oxford-studies-in-anthropological-linguistics-019511700x","title":"The Powers of Genre: Interpreting Haya Oral Literature (Oxford Studies in Anthropological Linguistics)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 019511700X\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Seitel, Peter\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e New\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Powers of Genre describes a method for interpreting oral literature that depends upon and facilitates dialogue between insiders and outsiders to a tradition. Seitel illustrates this method with lively examples from Haya proverbs, folktales, and heroic verse. He then focuses on a single epic ballad to demonstrate, among other things, why stanzas need not rhyme, and how significance needs time in oral poetry and narrative. Making a controversial claim that an heroic age, similar to that of Ancient Greece, existed in Sub-Saharan Africa, this work will intrigue anyone who works in oral literature and narrative.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mia Karts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51666898223392,"sku":"NEW019511700X","price":172.32,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0980\/7426\/3840\/files\/41ugP8y1M9L.jpg?v=1778951931","url":"https:\/\/miakarts.com\/products\/the-powers-of-genre-interpreting-haya-oral-literature-oxford-studies-in-anthropological-linguistics-019511700x","provider":"Miakarts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}