The man-of-words in the West Indies :
performance and the emergence of Creole culture /
Roger D. Abrahams.

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Main Author: Abrahams, Roger D.
Language(s): English
Published: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, c1983.
Subjects: Sociolinguistics > Sociolinguistics / West Indies.
Black people > Black people / West Indies > Black people / West Indies / Folklore.
Communication in folklore > Communication in folklore / West Indies.
Storytelling > Storytelling / West Indies.
Storytellers > Storytellers / West Indies.
Note: Includes index.
Physical Description: xxxi, 203 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
ISBN: 0801828392
0801828384
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