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Subject: Literature Studies
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Oral Literature, Gender, and Precedence in East Timor: Metaphysics in Narrative
E-book
By David Hicks Decades of war, social upheaval and political change have not lessened the enduring interest of East Timorese in their oral traditions. Although new forms of expression are emerging, the corpus of Timorese oral narrative largely retains an underlying metaphysical unity, and continues to express indigenous notions about gender and precedence. Until now, […]
Anthropology, Culture. humanities, Ethnography, Folklore, Folklore studies, Gender, Heritage, Literature Studies
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The Interplay of the Oral and the Written in Chinese Popular Literature
E-book
Vibeke Børdahl 2010 Although the interrelationship between oral (or performing) and written traditions in Chinese popular literature is an issue that concerns practically everybody who reads or teaches Chinese literature, surprisingly it has never been properly treated in a scholarly forum before. For that reason alone, this volume is especially important and deserves serious consideration […]
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