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Over the Lip of the World: Among the Storytellers of Madagascar

Over the Lip of the World: Among the Storytellers of Madagascar - Paperback

by Colleen J. McElroy
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Availability:In StockContributor:Colleen J. McElroySeries:Samuel and Althea Stroum Book (Paperback)Publish date:2001-04-01Pages:250
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Washington PressISBN-13:9780295981154ISBN-10:295981156UPC:9780295981154Book Category:HumorSize:8.20 x 6.10 x 0.68 inchesWeight:0.7408Product ID:SCER5PEAHA

Gifted travel writer, poet, professor of English, and insightful observer of human nature, Colleen McElroy journeyed to Madagascar to undertake a Fulbright research project exploring Malagasy oral traditions and myths. In Over the Lip of the World she depicts with equal verve the various storytelling traditions of the island and her own adventures in trying to find and record them.

McElroy's tale of an African American woman's travels among the people of Madagascar is told with wit, insight, and humor. Throughout it she interweaves English translations of Malagasy stories of heroism and morality, royalty and commoners, love and revenge, and the magic of tricksters and shapechangers.


Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Washington PressISBN-13:9780295981154ISBN-10:295981156UPC:9780295981154Book Category:HumorSize:8.20 x 6.10 x 0.68 inchesWeight:0.7408Product ID:SCER5PEAHA
Publisher: University of Washington Press

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Colleen J. McElroy

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