Verbal Arts in Madagascar

by Lee Haring

Book Overview

A history of the encounter between Europeans and the colonized people with a groundbreaking analysis of four types of Malagasy folklore: riddles, proverbs, hainteny (dialogic exchanges of traditional metaphors), and oratory.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812231414
• ISBN13: 9780812231410
• Release Date: February 1992
• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press Anniversary
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 2.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary