Iris Andreski

Old Wives' Tales Pbdirect

Life-stories from Ibibioland

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This volume is a collection of tales of life histories of 26 elderly women from Ibiboland. It obtains a first-hand record of the pattern of life and banishes the myth of primitivity of the African by illustrating the complexity of conversational language of peasants and market women.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 192
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. September 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 277g
• ISBN-13: 9781138845572
• ISBN-10: 1138845574
• Artikelnr.: 57057099

Autorenporträt

Iris Andreski

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction 2. The reluctant sorceress 3. The home daughter 4. The
magic water-pot 5. A reprieved man's daughter 6. A chief's widow 7. The
money-doubler's widow 8. A village schoolmistress 9. A prosperous wife 10.
A bitter woman 11. The barren wife 12. The widow bound by sorcery 13. A
deaconess 14. The midwife's tale 15. The hunter's wife 16. The pawned
daughter 17. A fortunate woman 18. The oldest inhabitant 19. A conservative
20. The twin who survived 21. The blind man's wife 22. A happily-married
woman 23. The slave's daughter 24. A travelled woman 25. The witch's
great-grand-daughter 26. A lady member of Ekpo 27. A nursing sister