Allegories of the Wilderness - Ethics and Ambiguity in Kuranko Narratives

" -Research in African LiteraturesPoet and anthropologist Michael Jackson brings to this study of the folktales of the Kuranko people of Sierra Leone a sensitivity to the philosophical nuances of literature.

List of contents

Preface

1. Introduction

2. Form and Play in Kuranko Fiction

3. During a Time of Great Hunger

4. Hare and Hyena

5. Prevented Transitions

6. Reciprocities

7. Men and Women

8. Co-Wives, Orphans, and Miraculous Interventions

9. Directions

Appendix

Notes

Glossary of Kuranko Words

References

List of Narratives

Index

About the author

Michael Jackson

Product details

• Authors: Michael Jackson
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 22.11.1982
• EAN: 9780253304711
• ISBN: 978-0-253-30471-1
• No. of pages: 340
• Series: African Systems of Thought; Interdisciplinary Studies in H
• Subject: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous