Myth, Ritual and the Oral

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Summary

Jack Goody, one of the world's most distinguished anthropologists, returns to the related themes of myth, orality and literacy.

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Introduction
Religion and ritual from Tylor to Parsons: the definitional problem
Oral 'literature'
The anthropologist and the tape-recorder
Oral creativity
The folktale and cultural history
Animals, men and gods in northern Ghana
The Bagre in all its variety
From oral to written: a breakthrough in story-telling
Writing and oral memory: the importance of the lecto-oral
Appendix: Folktales in northern Ghana
Bibliography
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