{"product_id":"9781349949274","title":"African Histories and Modernities: Tales That Come, Tales That Go","description":"\u003ch1\u003eAfrican Histories and Modernities: Tales That Come, Tales That Go\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003evan Beek, Walter E.A.\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e    \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis  study on Kapsiki-Higi tales compares two corpuses of stories collected over  two generations. In this oral setting, folktales appear much more dynamic than  usually assumed, depending on genre, performance and the memory  characteristics of the tales themselves. In northeastern Nigeria the author  collected these tales twice with a time gap of two generations, in order to  assess the dynamics of this oral transmission. The comparison between the two  corpuses shows that folktales are a much more dynamic cultural system than is  usually thought. These dynamics affect some types of tales more than others,  reflect social change and intergroup contact, but also depend on  characteristics of the tales themselves. Cognitive approaches of memory shed  light on these varieties of transmission, as do performance aspects in tale  telling, in particular ideophones.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Palgrave Macmillan\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 2016-11-04\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9781349949274\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: 10.1057\/978-1-137-59485-3\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 210cm x148cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 170\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Palgrave Macmillan US","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44752481058956,"sku":"9781349949274","price":49.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9781349949274.jpg?v=1776695267","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781349949274","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}