Stars and keys : folktales and creolization in the Indian Ocean /

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Author / Creator:Haring, Lee.
Imprint:Bloomington : Indiana University Press, ©2007.
Description:1 online resource (xxv, 413 pages) : illustrations, maps, music
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11163887
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ISBN:9780253000002
0253000009
9780253348685
0253348684
1282065734
9781282065734
9786612065736
6612065737
Digital file characteristics:data file
Notes:"Translates, for the first time into English, oral tales from the languages of five island groups: Madagascar, Mauritius, Seychelles, Réunion, and the Comoros"--Preface
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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English text, includes some Creole.
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Summary:The culture of Madagascar, Mauritius, Seychelles, Reunion, and the Comoros is a blend of traditions that have been brought from Africa, South Asia, Europe, and Middle East. This work features folktales from these islands that reflect their cultural diversity and gives an opportunity to see the fluidity of traditions and process of creolization.
Other form:Print version: Haring, Lee. Stars and keys. Bloomington : Indiana University Press, ©2007 9780253348685
Table of Contents:
  • Chronology of the Southwest Indian Ocean
  • Land of the Man-Eating Tree
  • Diaspora
  • Stars
  • Keys
  • Postcolonial Seychelles.