Allegories of the Wilderness : Ethics and Ambiguity in Kuranko Narratives

Ethics and Ambiguity in Kuranko Narratives

By: Michael Jackson

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Hardcover | 1 November 1982

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" . . . a model of judiciousness and integrative analysis . . . " --Research in African Literatures

Poet 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.

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Non-Fiction Society & Culture Popular Beliefs & Controversial Knowledge Folklore Studies / Study of Myth (Mythology)History Regional & National History African History Literature, Poetry & Plays History & Criticism of Literature General Literary Studies

Preface	p. ix
Introduction	p. 1
Form and Play in Kuranko Fiction	p. 32
During a Time of Great Hunger	p. 68
Hare and Hyena	p. 90
Prevented Transitions	p. 123
Reciprocities	p. 157
Men and Women	p. 199
Co-Wives, Orphans, and Miraculous Interventions	p. 233
Directions	p. 261
Appendix	p. 277
Notes	p. 289
Glossary of Kuranko Words	p. 305
References	p. 309
Index	p. 321
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Allegories of the Wilderness : Ethics and Ambiguity in Kuranko Narratives

Ethics and Ambiguity in Kuranko Narratives

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