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Page 138
... culture to which they belong . Simply , tales are intracultural . Seldom created to address an outside culture , a tale is a medium through which a culture speaks to itself and thus perpetuates its own values and stabilizes its own ...
... culture to which they belong . Simply , tales are intracultural . Seldom created to address an outside culture , a tale is a medium through which a culture speaks to itself and thus perpetuates its own values and stabilizes its own ...
Page 326
... cultural features found nowhere else in the world . Although on the whole Asian features predominate , African ancestry is prevalent and African influences in Malagasy material and nonmaterial culture are widespread . The most plausible ...
... cultural features found nowhere else in the world . Although on the whole Asian features predominate , African ancestry is prevalent and African influences in Malagasy material and nonmaterial culture are widespread . The most plausible ...
Page 545
... culture with no written history . Psychologically the spec- tators become associated with the past through the spirit power of the mask , and this often leads the participants to a state of complete absorption or near - frenzy . This is ...
... culture with no written history . Psychologically the spec- tators become associated with the past through the spirit power of the mask , and this often leads the participants to a state of complete absorption or near - frenzy . This is ...
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