Once upon a kingdom : myth, hegemony, and identity /

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Author / Creator:Okpewho, Isidore.
Imprint:Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c1998.
Description:xiii, 252 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/3763661
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ISBN:0253333962 (alk. paper)
0253211891 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. [225-239) and index.
Table of Contents:
  • 1. A Kingdom and Its Discontents
  • 2. The Hunter Who Became a King: Heroism and Social History
  • 3. Male Manque: Divinity, Authority, and the Individual
  • 4. The Old Woman on the Outskirts: Myth, Gender, and Power
  • 5. The Singer in the Tale: Two Profiles
  • 6. Myth, Empire, and Self-Determination.