The /Xam Narratives: Whose Myths?
The author reflects on the interpretation of /Xam oral literature in the postcolonial context, and the application of myth in the narratives. It is said that the stories contained in the 19th-century archive of ?Xam materials, also known as the Bleek and Lloyd collection, were characterised as myths...
| Publicado en: | African Studies Vol. 67; no. 3; pp. 339 - 365 |
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Dec2008
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