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Author Konrad, Zinta, author.

Title Ewe Comic Heroes : Trickster Tales in Togo / Zinta Konrad.

Publication Info. Abingdon, Oxon [UK] ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2015.
©1994

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Description 1 online resource.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Routledge library editions: folklore ; volume 6
Routledge library editions. Folklore ; volume 6.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
Contents Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Original Title Page; Original Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Series Preface; Preface; Introduction; Chapter One: The Collection; Chapter Two: Origins of Trickster; Chapter Three: Methodology; Chapter Four: Formal Features of Trickster Narratives; Chapter Five: Metaphor and Meaning in Trickster Narratives; Chapter Six: Style in Performance; Chapter Seven: Why Trickster?; Appendix; Bibliography.
Summary The trickster character is prominent in the cultural, particularly narrative, traditions of many different peoples throughout the world. Comic and serious, stupid and clever, benevolent and evil, winner and loser, the trickster is a study in contradictions. The trickster cannot be pigeonholed, for he does not fit into any neat categories or definitions. This study, first published in 1994, aims to give the reader the opportunity to experience in some small measure the dynamic and exciting dramatic oral narrative performances of the Ewe people of West Africa.
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Subject Ewe (African people) -- Folklore.
Ewe (African people)
Folklore.
Tricksters -- Togo.
Tricksters.
Togo.
Oral tradition -- Togo.
Tales -- Togo.
Tales.
Oral tradition.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Folklore & Mythology.
Genre/Form Folklore.
Other Form: Print version: Konrad, Zinta. Ewe Comic Heroes (RLE Folklore) : Trickster Tales in Togo. Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, ©2015 9781138842700
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