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020			_a9781909254619 _q(pdf)
020			_a9781909254626 _q(epub)
020			_a9781909254633 _q(mobi)
020			_z9781909254596 (Paperback)
020			_z9781909254602 (Hardback)
022			_a2054-362X
035			_a(OCoLC)878145068
040			_aStSaUL _beng _erda
100	1		_aCancel, Robert, _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aStorytelling in northern Zambia _h[electronic resource] : _btheory, method, practice and other necessary fictions / _cRobert Cancel.
264		1	_bOpen Book Publishers,
300			_a1 online resource (xviii, 276 pages) : _billustrations.
490	1		_aWorld oral literature series _x2054-362X ; _vvol. 3
500			_aAvailable through Open Book Publishers.
504			_aIncludes bibliography (pages 261-270) and index.
505	0		_aAudio-Visual Resources -- Acknowledgements -- Foreword by Mark Turin -- I. Writing Oral Narrative: The Role and Description of Self in Recording Living Traditions -- II. The Tabwa Context: Mature Shifting of Frames and Adolescent Assertion -- III. Chiefs, Tricksters and Christians: Bemba Tales and Lessons -- IV. Bisa Storytelling: The Politics of Hunting, Beer-Drinks, and Elvis -- V. Telling Tales While Keeping Secrets: Two Lunda Storytelling Sessions -- VI. Stories on Demand: A Performance Session Among the Bwile -- VII. Conclusion: Lessons from Frozen Moments -- Works cited -- Index.
506			_aOpen access resource providing free access.
520			_a"Storytelling plays an important part in the vibrant cultural life of Zambia and in many other communities across Africa. This innovative book provides a collection and analysis of oral narrative traditions as practiced by five Bemba-speaking ethnic groups in Zambia. The integration of newly digitalised audio and video recordings into the text enables the reader to encounter the storytellers themselves and hear their narratives as they were recounted during Robert Cancel's research trips to Zambia. Robert Cancel's thorough critical interpretation, combined with these newly digitalised audio and video materials, makes Storytelling in Northern Zambia a much needed addition to the slender corpus of African folklore studies that deal with storytelling performance. Cancel threads his way between the complex demands of African fieldwork studies, folklore theory, narrative modes, reflexive description and simple documentation and succeeds in bringing to the reader a set of performers and their performances that are vivid, varied and instructive. He illustrates this living narrative tradition with a wide range of examples, and highlights the social status of narrators and the complex local identities that are at play. Cancel's innovative study tells us not only about storytelling but sheds light on the study of oral literatures throughout Africa and beyond. Its innovative format, meanwhile, explores new directions in the integration of primary source material into scholarly texts. This book is part of our World Oral Literature Series in conjunction with the World Oral Literature Project."--Publisher's website.
530			_aDigitized audio and video recordings of the narratives and the storytellers are integrated into the text. Additional links are available from the publisher's website.
538			_aMode of access: World Wide Web.
540			_aThis book is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license (CC-BY 3.0). For more detailed information consult the publisher's website.
650		0	_aBemba (African people) _xFolklore.
650		0	_aBisa (Zambian people) _xFolklore.
650		0	_aBwile (African people) _xFolklore.
650		0	_aFolklore _zZamia.
650		0	_aOral tradition _zZambia.
650		0	_aSouthern Lunda (African people) _xFolklore.
650		0	_aTabwa (African people) _xFolklore.
650		0	_aTales _zZambia.
710	2		_aCambridge University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. _bWorld Oral Literature Project, _esponsoring body.
710	2		_aOpen Book Publishers, _epublisher.
830		0	_aWorld oral literature series ; _vv. 3. _x2054-362X
856	4	0	_uhttp://doi.org/10.11647/OBP.0033 _zConnect to e-book
856	4	2	_uhttp://www.openbookpublishers.com/shopimages/products/cover/137 _zConnect to cover image
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