{"product_id":"defiant-maids-and-stubborn-farmers-tradition-and-invention-in-mende-story-performance-paperback-9780521105040","title":"Defiant Maids and Stubborn Farmers; Tradition and Invention in Mende Story Performance (Paperback \/ softback) 9780521105040","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eDefiant Maids and Stubborn Farmers\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eTradition and Invention in Mende Story Performance\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe domei is a popular narrative art form among the Mende people of Sierra Leone.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eDonald J. Cosentino (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521105040, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 19 March 2009\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e240 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.8 cm, 0.51 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThe domei is a popular narrative art form among the Mende people of Sierra Leone. Although it is a traditional form, the narratives are not remembered or retold, but on each occasion the performers recreate out of a common stock of characters and plots domeisia, which are singular and sometimes brilliant expressions of a singular, and often brilliant, culture. In this book Donald Cosentino presents a large selection of these narratives, as he collected them in dramatic performance on the verandahs and around the cooking fires of a Mende village. The domei is told to please, and Dr Cosentino details the various elements that constitute the pleasure of an oral performance. But beneath the surface glitter of these ironic, horrifying, bawdy and haunting narrative performances, there is an intellectual hardness of argument and debate which shines through the domeisia included here. Dominating these performances, and emblematic of the entire artistic tradition, are the 'everywoman' figure of the Defiant Maid, Yombo, and the 'everyman' Stubborn Farmer, Kpana.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1. Prologue\u003cbr\u003e 2. Mende mimesis\u003cbr\u003e 3. Image\u003cbr\u003e 4. The elements of performance\u003cbr\u003e 5. Defiant maids\u003cbr\u003e 6. Stubborn farmers.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Folklore, myths \u0026amp; legends [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Folklore, myths \u0026amp; legends\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Folklore,%20myths%20\u0026amp;%20legends%20%5BJFHF%5D%22\"\u003eJFHF\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46006412902680,"sku":"9780521105040","price":29.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521105040i_de023909-14eb-4b73-8c65-a22ef3e27760.jpg?v=1694976022","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/defiant-maids-and-stubborn-farmers-tradition-and-invention-in-mende-story-performance-paperback-9780521105040","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}