Speaking With Vampires: Rumor and History in Colonial Africa

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Synopsis
Luise White presents and interprets vampire stories from East and Central Africa as a way of understanding the world as the storytellers did. Using gossip and rumor as historical sources in their own right, she assesses the place of such evidence, oral and written, in historical reconstruction.
Copyright:
2000

Book Details

Book Quality:
Excellent
ISBN-13:
9780520217041
Publisher:
University of California Press
Date of Addition:
Copyrighted By:
University of California
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Has Image Descriptions:
No
Categories:
Nonfiction, Social Studies
Submitted By:
Worth Trust
Proofread By:
Worth Trust
Usage Restrictions:
This is a copyrighted book.

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