Iris Andreski

Old Wives' Tales (RLE Folklore) (eBook, PDF)

Life-stories from Ibibioland

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This volume is a collection of tales of life histories of 26 elderly women from Ibiboland. It obtains a first-hand record of the pattern of life and banishes the myth of primitivity of the African by illustrating the complexity of conversational language of peasants and market women.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 188
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Mai 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000945089
• Artikelnr.: 68030459

Autorenporträt

Iris Andreski

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction. The Reluctant Sorceress. The Home Daughter. The Magic
Water-Pot. A Reprieved Man's Daughter. A Chief's Widow. The Money-Doubler's
Widow. A Village Schoolmistress. A Prosperous Wife. A Bitter Woman. The
Barren Wife. The Widow Bound By Sorcery. A Deaconess. The Midwife's Tale.
The Hunter's Wife. The Pawned Daughter. A Fortunate Woman. The Oldest
Inhabitant. A Conservative. The Twin Who Survived. The Blind Man's Wife. A
Happily-Married Woman. The Slave's Daughter. A Travelled Woman. The Witch's
Great-Grand-Daughter. A Lady Member of Ekpo. A Nursing Sister.