Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of contributors
- Preface
- Note on transcription
- 1 Introduction: power, marginality and oral literature
- Part I Orality and the power of the state
- Part II Representing power relations
- 5 Ìgbò énwē ézè: monarchical power versus democratic values in Igbo oral narratives
- 6 Tales and ideology: the revolt of sons in Bambara—Malinké tales
- 7 Images of the powerful in Lyela folktales
- Part III Oral forms and the dynamics of power
- Part IV Endorsing or subverting the paradigms: women and oral forms
- Part V Mediators and communicative strategies
- Bibliography
- Index
7 - Images of the powerful in Lyela folktales
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 18 December 2009
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of contributors
- Preface
- Note on transcription
- 1 Introduction: power, marginality and oral literature
- Part I Orality and the power of the state
- Part II Representing power relations
- 5 Ìgbò énwē ézè: monarchical power versus democratic values in Igbo oral narratives
- 6 Tales and ideology: the revolt of sons in Bambara—Malinké tales
- 7 Images of the powerful in Lyela folktales
- Part III Oral forms and the dynamics of power
- Part IV Endorsing or subverting the paradigms: women and oral forms
- Part V Mediators and communicative strategies
- Bibliography
- Index
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- Power, Marginality and African Oral Literature , pp. 92 - 108Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1995
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