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245 00 a| In search of Sunjata :b| the Mande oral epic as history, literature and performance /c| edited by Ralph A. Austen.;

246 10 a| Mande oral epic as history, literature and performance;

300 a| 349 pages :b| maps ;c| 25 cm;

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504 a| Includes bibliographical references and index.;

505 00 g| Epic and its setting.t| "Dichotomy of power and authority in Mande Society and in the Epic of Sunjata" /r| John William Johnson --g| History, one: content and genesis of the core epic.t| "History of the Sunjata Epic: a review of the evidence" /r| Ivor Wilks --t| "Epic of Sunjata: structure, preservation and transmission" /r| Seydou Camara --t| "Historical transformation of genres: Sunjata as panegyric, folktale, epic and novel" /r| Ralph A. Austen --g| History, two: Sunjata in the oral traditions of the broader West African world.t| "Sinimogo, 'Man for Tomorrow': Sunjata on the fringes of the Mande world" /r| Stephen Belcher --t| "Searching for the historical ancestor: the paradigm of Sunjata in oral traditions of the Sahel (13th-19th centuries)" /r| Mamadou Diawara --t| "Geste of Borgu: a neglected type of Manding diaspora" /r| Paulo Fernando de Moraes Farias --t| "Jeli and Sere: the dialects of the word in the Manden" /r| Karim Traoré --t| "Mooning armies and mothering heroes: female power in the Mande epic tradition" /r| David C. Conrad --t| Sunjata as written literature: the role of the literary mediator in the dissemination of the Sunjata Epic" /r| Stephen Bulman --t| Butchering heroism?: Sunjata and the negotiation of postcolonial Mande identity in Diabate's Le Boucher de Kouta" /r| James R. McGuire --g| Performance.t| "Production and reproduction of Sunjata" /r| Charles S. Bird --t| "Ethnography of the Epic of Sunjata in Kela" /r| Jan Jansen --t| "Out of print: the Epic cassette as intervention, reinvention, and commodity: /r| Robert C. Newton.;

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In search of Sunjata : the Mande oral epic as history, literature and performance / edited by Ralph A. Austen.

Other author	Austen, Ralph A.
Format	Book
Publication Info	Bloomington : Indiana University Press, ©1999.
Description	349 pages : maps ; 25 cm
Subjects	Keita, Soundiata, -1255--In literature. Epic of Son-Jara. Epic poetry, African--History and criticism. Mandingo poetry--History and criticism. Oral tradition--Africa, West. Mandingo (African people) in literature. Mandingo (African people)--Folklore. Mali (Empire)--History.

Portion of title	Mande oral epic as history, literature and performance
Contents	Epic and its setting. "Dichotomy of power and authority in Mande Society and in the Epic of Sunjata" / John William Johnson -- History, one: content and genesis of the core epic. "History of the Sunjata Epic: a review of the evidence" / Ivor Wilks -- "Epic of Sunjata: structure, preservation and transmission" / Seydou Camara -- "Historical transformation of genres: Sunjata as panegyric, folktale, epic and novel" / Ralph A. Austen -- History, two: Sunjata in the oral traditions of the broader West African world. "Sinimogo, 'Man for Tomorrow': Sunjata on the fringes of the Mande world" / Stephen Belcher -- "Searching for the historical ancestor: the paradigm of Sunjata in oral traditions of the Sahel (13th-19th centuries)" / Mamadou Diawara -- "Geste of Borgu: a neglected type of Manding diaspora" / Paulo Fernando de Moraes Farias -- "Jeli and Sere: the dialects of the word in the Manden" / Karim Traoré -- "Mooning armies and mothering heroes: female power in the Mande epic tradition" / David C. Conrad -- Sunjata as written literature: the role of the literary mediator in the dissemination of the Sunjata Epic" / Stephen Bulman -- Butchering heroism?: Sunjata and the negotiation of postcolonial Mande identity in Diabate's Le Boucher de Kouta" / James R. McGuire -- Performance. "Production and reproduction of Sunjata" / Charles S. Bird -- "Ethnography of the Epic of Sunjata in Kela" / Jan Jansen -- "Out of print: the Epic cassette as intervention, reinvention, and commodity: / Robert C. Newton.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN	0253334527

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