Verbal Arts in Madagascar : : Performance in Historical Perspective / / Lee Haring.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Penn eBook Package Archive 1898-1999 (pre Pub)
• VerfasserIn: Haring, Lee,
• Place / Publishing House: Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2017]; ©1992
• Publicatiejaar: 2017
• Editie: Reprint 2016
• Taal: English
• Reeks: Publications of the American Folklore Society
• Fysieke beschrijving: 1 online resource (246 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Acknowledgments --; 1. Malagasy Lore and Folk --; 2. Riddling: Question and Answer --; 3. Proverbs: Dialogue in Monologue --; 4. Proposition and Response: The Merina Hainteny --; 5. Marriage: Petition and Delivery --; 6. Funeral Oratory: Living and Dead --; Notes --; Sources Consulted --; Index --; Backmatter
• Samenvatting: A history of the encounter between Europeans and the colonized people with a groundbreaking analysis of four types of Malagasy folklore: riddles, proverbs, hainteny (dialogic exchanges of traditional metaphors), and oratory.
• Formaat: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781512816693; 9783110442526
• DOI: 10.9783/9781512816693
• Toegang: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Lee Haring.

A history of the encounter between Europeans and the colonized people with a groundbreaking analysis of four types of Malagasy folklore: riddles, proverbs, hainteny (dialogic exchanges of traditional metaphors), and oratory.