Sing without shame : oral traditions in Indo-Portuguese Creole verse : with transcription and analysis of a nineteenth-century manuscript of Ceylon Portuguese /
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| Author / Creator: | Jackson, K. David (Kenneth David) |
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| Imprint: | Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins Pub. Co. ; Macau : Instituto Cultural de Macau, 1990. |
| Description: | 1 online resource (xxvii, 257 pages, 11 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, maps. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Creole language library, 0920-9026 ; v. 5 Creole language library ; v. 5. |
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| Format: | E-Resource Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11208859 |
| Summary: | This study of literary themes, linguistic practice and cultural traditions analyzes the oral traditions of Indo-Portugese creole verse, as a synthesis from European, African and Asian sources. This musical, dramatic and textual syncretism defines tradition within the group and maintains the identity of the creole community. References are primarily to Indian and Sri Lankan materials collected in the late nineteenth century and to data in the H. Nevill collection, an extensive manuscript of Sri Lankan Creole texts from the 1870s or 1880s, housed in the British Museum. The importance of these texts is linguistic, anthropological and sociological. They are persistent in their ability to give definition to creole culture, surviving in South Asia from the seventeenth century to the present. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xxvii, 257 pages, 11 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, maps. |
| Format: | Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 123-135). |
| ISBN: | 9789027278272 902727827X 9027252254 9789027252258 1556190816 9781556190810 |
| ISSN: | 0920-9026 ; |