Power, Marginality and African Oral Literature

By Liz Gunner

Book Overview

African oral literature, like other forms of popular culture, is not a form of domestic entertainment but a domain in which individuals in a variety of social roles are free to comment on power relations in society. It can also be a significant agent of change capable of directing, provoking and recasting social reality.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521480612
• ISBN13: 9780521480611
• Release Date: September 1995
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 300 Pages
• Weight: 1.24 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.3"