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Sing Without Shame: Oral Traditions in Indo-Portuguese Creole Verse

K. David Jackson

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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.

Language: English

Pages: 297

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company

Release: January 01, 1990

ISBN: 1556190816

ISBN 13: 9781556190810

Sing Without Shame: Oral Traditions in Indo-Portuguese Creole Verse

K. David Jackson

5/5 ( ratings)

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.

Language: English

Pages: 297

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company

Release: January 01, 1990

ISBN: 1556190816

ISBN 13: 9781556190810

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