Myth and Meaning: San-Bushman Folklore in Global Context

by J.D. Lewis-Williams and James David Lewis-Williams

J.D. Lewis-Williams, one of the leading South African archaeologists and ethnographers, excavates meaning from the complex mythological stories of the San-Bushmen to create a larger theory of how myth is used in culture. He extracts their "nuggets," the far-reaching but often unspoken words and concepts of language and understanding that are opaque to outsiders, to establish a more nuanced theory of the role of these myths in the thought-world and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1629581542
• ISBN13: 9781629581545
• Release Date: April 2015
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 266 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.0"