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Hardcover grand in-8°, 234 pages, illustrations en couleurs, cartonnage ill. plast. Bel exemplaire. [DV-7]
lxxii + 804pp., in the series "Oceanic linguistics special publication" no.14, 23cm., softcover, good condition, T92827
Book is in excellent condition with creaseless covers, slightly curled corners as only blemish. Binding is solid and square, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 618 pages with b&w illustrations. Contents include: Abakwa drumming, Vodoun, Rituals, Ibo dance, Haitian animal tales, Ballads from the Bahamas, Trinidadian healing remedies, Black caribs today, Brazilian cult songs, Surinam tales, spiritual and religious epics, Rituals in New Orleans, Creole ballads, etc.
1888177281888. Jones Charles C. Negro Myths from the Georgia Coast 1888 presenting a late nineteenth-century compilation of African American folklore recorded in the Gullah dialect of the Georgia and South Carolina coastal region with direct relevance to the study of Black oral traditions linguistic history and post-emancipation cultural expression. The volume gathers fable-like narratives often centered on anthropomorphic animals that reflect storytelling traditions rooted in African diasporic heritage and adapted within enslaved and freed communities of the coastal South. Its use of Gullah a Creole language shaped by West African linguistic structures and English situates the work within ongoing efforts of the period to document vernacular speech and preserve forms of cultural expression that had developed under slavery and persisted into Reconstruction and beyond.<br /> <br /> Jones Charles C. Negro Myths from the Georgia Coast. Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin and Company 1888. First edition. The text is rendered in Gullah dialect reflecting the linguistic patterns of African American communities along the Georgia and South Carolina coasts including areas around Savannah and Charleston. Jones raised in a plantation environment and familiar with the regional speech patterns compiled these narratives as part of a broader nineteenth-century interest in folklore and dialect studies contributing to early written records of Gullah language and storytelling traditions.<br /> <br /> Single volume. Ex libris. Minor foxing to the front pastedown and bumped corners; overall very good condition. A late nineteenth-century printed record of African American folklore and language from the coastal South documenting narrative forms and speech patterns that remain central to the study of Gullah culture and linguistic history. unknown
028277419X.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
0332972844.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1160296154.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
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Port-Louis. Edit. Rama Poonoosamy, 1997. Collection Maurice. Algunas ilustraciones en b/n. 346 p. 8º. Rústica editorial ilustrada. Muy buen ejemplar. Vingt-six auterus nous racontent des histoires d'amour plus vécues que imaginées. 26 cuentos de autores de la isla Mauricio en francés, inglés y criollo mauriciano.
Paris, Institut d'études Créoles et Francophones 1991. In-8 carré broché de 253 pages. Bel exemplaire
PARIS, Ed. Soulanges - 1960 - In-8 - Broché - Couverture rempliée illustrée en couleurs - 287 pages
in-8, 312 p., br., couv. carton souple ill. plast [TX-9]
143pp. 24 cm. Hardcover Very good condition good
620247078X.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
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français In-8 de 276 pp.; broché de l'éditeur. Collection Sciences du langage.
Port-Louis. Edit. Rama Poonoosamy, 2011. Collection Maurice. Algunas ilustraciones en b/n. 272 p. 8º. Rústica editorial ilustrada. Edición bilingüe. Muy buen ejemplar. Ce recueil de trenta-et-une nouvelles de vint-huit mauriciens nous transporter ailleurs. Cuentos de autores de la Isla Mauricio en francés, inglés y criollo mauriciano.
Ex-library copy with usual stamps, stickers, etc. Binding is solid and text/interior is clean of marking, underlining or marginalia. 245 pages in english and creole. Contents include The Hatian Creole alphabet, Basic Haitian Creole, The verbs, Haitian Creole verbs used with some proverbs, Haitian Creole verbs that are also nouns, Haitian Creole verbs that can be used as attributives in some cases, "Twin verbs", etc.
Footnotes, Glossary of Creole terms referring to Voudoun, References, Index. Black and white photographic plates. Diagrams. Voudoun is the religion, primarily African in origin, of the vast majority of the inhabitants of the Republic of Haiti. This work "Delineates this cult as an experienced and comprehended initiation into the mysteries of man's harmony within himself and with the cosmic process." - Editor's Foreword. Average wear to publisher's blue cloth decorated with gilt upon front board. Unnmarked. Binding intact. A sound copy of this fascinating reference. Book
1168537878.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
B9781168537874New. unknown
Book is in excellent condition. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. From the blurb: Lyle Saxon's timeless impressions of colorful New Orleans, first recorded more than half a century ago, not only reveal inherent mystery and frivolity, but also recall the city's elaborate history, spanning more than two centures and three cultures. The various aspects of the French, Spanish and Creole societies, which continue to define today's city, are documented here through wide-ranging vignettes of daily life and elaborate rituals. ...."
A9798695430202Paperback / softback. New. paperback