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Bushman Letters: Interpreting /Xam Narrative
Michael Wessels
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Description for Bushman Letters: Interpreting /Xam Narrative
Paperback. The "Bleek and Lloyd Collection" consists of the notebooks in which William Bleek and Lucy Lloyd transcribed and translated the narratives, cultural information and personal histories told to them in the 1870's by a number of /Xam informants. This book examines the /Xam archive and also the critical tradition that has grown up around the archive. Editor(s): Wessels, Michael. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: JFSL9; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 164 x 222 x 21. Weight in Grams: 475.
The Bleek and Lloyd Collection consists of the notebooks in which William Bleek and Lucy Lloyd transcribed and translated the narratives, cultural information and personal histories told to them in the 1870’s by a number of ǀXam informants. It represents a rare and rich record of an indigenous language and culture that no longer exists. The ǀXam materials have exerted a fascination for anthropologists and poets alike. They are compromised, mysterious, and yet essential. How does one begin reading texts that are at once so compromised and so unique? Bushman Letters: Interpreting ǀXam Narrative is an unusual and important book ... Read more
The Bleek and Lloyd Collection consists of the notebooks in which William Bleek and Lucy Lloyd transcribed and translated the narratives, cultural information and personal histories told to them in the 1870’s by a number of ǀXam informants. It represents a rare and rich record of an indigenous language and culture that no longer exists. The ǀXam materials have exerted a fascination for anthropologists and poets alike. They are compromised, mysterious, and yet essential. How does one begin reading texts that are at once so compromised and so unique? Bushman Letters: Interpreting ǀXam Narrative is an unusual and important book ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Wits University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
344
Place of Publication
Johannesburg, South Africa
ISBN
9781868145065
SKU
V9781868145065
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About Michael Wessels
Michael Wessels is a researcher for the Encyclopaedia of South African Arts, Culture and Heritage and a research fellow linked to the English Department of the University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg.
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