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10%OFFKatrina Daly Thompson - Popobawa: Tanzanian Talk, Global Misreadings - 9780253024565 - V9780253024565
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Popobawa: Tanzanian Talk, Global Misreadings

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Description for Popobawa: Tanzanian Talk, Global Misreadings Paperback. Num Pages: 238 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSJ5; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 14. Weight in Grams: 356.

Since the 1960s, people on the islands off the coast of Tanzania have talked about being attacked by a mysterious creature called Popobawa, a shapeshifter often described as having an enormous penis. Popobawa's recurring attacks have become a popular subject for stories, conversation, gossip, and humor that has spread far beyond East Africa. Katrina Daly Thompson shows that talk about Popobawa becomes a tool that Swahili speakers use for various creative purposes such as subverting gender segregation, advertising homosexuality, or discussing female sexuality. By situating Popobawa discourse within the social and cultural world of the Swahili Coast as well as ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
238
Condition
New
Number of Pages
234
Place of Publication
Bloomington, IN, United States
ISBN
9780253024565
SKU
V9780253024565
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Ref
99-50

About Katrina Daly Thompson
Katrina Daly Thompson is Professor and Director of the Program in African Languages in the Department of African Cultural Studies at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. She is author of Zimbabwe's Cinematic Arts (IUP).

Reviews for Popobawa: Tanzanian Talk, Global Misreadings
Popobawa joins the ranks of zombies, witches and vampire studies of Africa and proves that there is still more to say in the generative discourses of the monstrous and mysterious if we are willing to listen well.
Journal of Modern African Studies
A well-researched and well-documented addition to the body of knowledge on local legends and their global ... Read more

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