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Orality: The Power of the Spoken Word

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PublisherPalgrave Macmillan; 1st ed. 2004 edition
ISBN 139781349517060
ISBN 101349517062
AuthorGraham Furniss
Book FormatPaperback
LanguageEnglish
Book DescriptionOral communication is quite different in its spontaneity and communicative power from textual and visual communication. Culturally-bounded expectations of ways of speaking and individual creativity provide the spark that can ignite revolution or calm the soul. This book explores, from a cross-cultural perspective, the centrality of orality in the ideological processes that dominate public discourse, providing a counterbalance to the debates that foreground literacy and the power of written communication.
About the AuthorGRAHAM FURNISS is Professor of African Language Literature at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, UK. He is the author of Poetry, Prose and Popular Culture in Hausa and Co-Editor of African Broadcast Cultures; Power, Marginality and African Oral Literature; and African Languages, Development and the State.
Publication Date1 January 2004
Number of Pages204 pages
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