Qui mangera l'autre ? Le thème du « Conjoint animal » dans les contes d'Afrique noire
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3633261 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Denise Paulme (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1984 |
| Volume | 24 |
| Issue | 94 |
| Pages | 205-234 |
| Publication date | 1984-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Cahiers d études africaines (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0008-0055 • E-ISSN: 1777-5353 |
| Publisher | PERSEE Program (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.3406/cea.1984.2217 |
| OpenAlex | W2007499813 |
| Language | FR |
| Citations received | 1 |
D. Paulme-The 'Animal Spouse' Theme in Black African Folktales. There are several variants on this theme. In the most common one a disobedient daughter marries a beautiful stranger who turns out to be a monster in disguise. Less frequent is the story of the hunter who marries a were-beast while she is out of her animal skin-she turns back into her primitive form when the husband reveals it. There is more to these taies that the elementary lesson 'don't marry an un-known person against your parents' advice' (even if there is also that). The theme is, in fact, closely linked to the problems of the bride's integration (or lack of it) into a foreign lineage within the framework of African kinship Systems
Art · Daughter · Ethnology · Humanities · Kinship · Literature · Monster · Political science · Sociology · Theme (computing) · African history and culture studies · African Studies and Ethnography · Agriculture and Rural Development Research · Anthropology · Gender Studies
| Unique citing works | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,03 |
| Citation span | 1994 - 1994 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |