The Subaltern Can Speak: Reading the Mmutle (Hare) Way

African oratures consist of a significant corpus of trickster stories. This article investigates indigenous frameworks of reading texts by exploring the philosophical stance of Mmutle, the trickster of Southern Africa, by analyzing eight stories. The analysis of the Mmutle trickster discourse highli...

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Main Author: Dube Shomanah, Musa W. 1964- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: The Pennsylvania State University Press [2016]
In: Journal of Africana religions
Year: 2016, Volume: 4, Issue: 1, Pages: 54-75
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Africa (Continent) / Oral literature / Trickster (Motif) / Interpretation / Self-assertion / Survival
RelBib Classification:KBN Sub-Saharan Africa
NCB Personal ethics
VA Philosophy
ZD Psychology
ZF Education
ZG Media studies; Digital media; Communication studies
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