Jealous Twins
Authors
Merolla, Daniela
Publication Date
2005-06ISBN
-
Publisher
Verba Africana
Language
Other
Type
Video
Metadata
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Merolla, D. (2005). Jealous Twins [Video file]. http://www.dspace.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/237478
Description
This tale treats competition within the family and, in
particular, betrayal among brothers. It explores the
contradiction inherent in peer-relationships within the
family: siblings from the same mother/parentage
(here epitomized by twins) are expected to feel the
strongest bond and to take care of each other and
their family, but at the same time each brother has to
assert himself individually.
Abstract
The Verba Africana series publishes video recording of African verbal arts on
CDRom's, DVD’s and the Internet. This series responds to the increasing need for
new electronic tools that integrate the written and audio-visual materials for
research, teaching and learning of African languages and oral literatures. The video
recording of oral genres, such as poems, songs and tales, is integrated into the
presentation of relevant aspects (language, form, content, performance, literary,
social and historical context). The videos and the accompanying material (short
information and full articles) allow researchers and the interested public to
approach oral literary productions as ‘total event’.
Keywords
Oral Literature, Oral Tradition, Linguistic Anthropology, African, Story, Performance, Storytellers, Song, Interview
Spatial Coverage
Seva
Temporal Coverage
June 2005
Sponsorship
NWO, The Netherlands Organisation for
Scientific Research
Identifiers
This record's URL: http://www.dspace.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/237478
Rights
Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 Unported