In praise of greatness: the poetics of African adulation
Saved in:
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Durham NC
Carolina Academic Press, LLC
[2019]
|
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | Inhaltsverzeichnis Klappentext |
| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references |
| Physical Description: | xvi, 1035 pages Illustrationen |
| ISBN: | 9781531011864 |
Staff View
MARC
| LEADER | 00000nam a2200000 c 4500 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 001 | BV045459917 | ||
| 003 | DE-604 | ||
| 005 | 20200422 | ||
| 007 | t | ||
| 008 | 190213s2019 xxua||| |||| 00||| eng d | ||
| 010 | |a 018044726 | ||
| 020 | |a 9781531011864 |9 978-1-5310-1186-4 | ||
| 035 | |a (OCoLC)1141149539 | ||
| 035 | |a (DE-599)BVBBV045459917 | ||
| 040 | |a DE-604 |b ger |e rda | ||
| 041 | 0 | |a eng | |
| 044 | |a xxu |c US | ||
| 049 | |a DE-703 | ||
| 050 | 0 | |a PR9340.5 | |
| 082 | 0 | |a 809.935920960905 |2 23 | |
| 084 | |a EP 20020 |0 (DE-625)26998: |2 rvk | ||
| 100 | 1 | |a Falola, Toyin |d 1953- |e Verfasser |0 (DE-588)130883352 |4 aut | |
| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a In praise of greatness |b the poetics of African adulation |c Toyin Falola |
| 264 | 1 | |a Durham NC |b Carolina Academic Press, LLC |c [2019] | |
| 300 | |a xvi, 1035 pages |b Illustrationen | ||
| 336 | |b txt |2 rdacontent | ||
| 337 | |b n |2 rdamedia | ||
| 338 | |b nc |2 rdacarrier | ||
| 500 | |a Includes bibliographical references | ||
| 650 | 4 | |a Africans |x Biography |x History and criticism | |
| 650 | 4 | |a Biography |y 21st century |x History and criticism | |
| 650 | 4 | |a Biography as a literary form | |
| 650 | 4 | |a Heroes |z Africa |x Biography | |
| 650 | 4 | |a Collective memory |z Africa | |
| 650 | 0 | 7 | |a Schriftsteller |0 (DE-588)4053309-8 |2 gnd |9 rswk-swf |
| 651 | 4 | |a Africa |x Biography |x History and criticism | |
| 651 | 7 | |a Afrika |0 (DE-588)4000695-5 |2 gnd |9 rswk-swf | |
| 689 | 0 | 0 | |a Afrika |0 (DE-588)4000695-5 |D g |
| 689 | 0 | 1 | |a Schriftsteller |0 (DE-588)4053309-8 |D s |
| 689 | 0 | |5 DE-604 | |
| 776 | 0 | 8 | |i Erscheint auch als |n Online-Ausgabe |z 978-1-5310-1187-1 |
| 856 | 4 | 2 | |m Digitalisierung UB Bayreuth - ADAM Catalogue Enrichment |q application/pdf |u http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&local_base=BVB01&doc_number=030845174&sequence=000001&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA |3 Inhaltsverzeichnis |
| 856 | 4 | 2 | |m Digitalisierung UB Bayreuth - ADAM Catalogue Enrichment |q application/pdf |u http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&local_base=BVB01&doc_number=030845174&sequence=000003&line_number=0002&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA |3 Klappentext |
| 999 | |a oai:aleph.bib-bvb.de:BVB01-030845174 | ||
Record in the Search Index
| _version_ | 1804179362054930432 |
|---|---|
| adam_text | CONTENTS Acknowledgments x¡ PROLOGUE I PEOPLE ARE PEOPLE S MEDICINE 3 1 GREATNESS 45 Biographies, Heroism, and Memory 2 TRIBUTES 75 Orality and the Poetics of Praise 3 HOMAGE 95 Conversational Mapping of Words 4 HEAVENLY BEINGS 113 The Dead in the Consciousness of the Living 5 PUBLIC INTELLECTUALS 175 6 LIVING LEGENDS 209 7 LITERARY FIGURES 235 8 POWER OF LANGUAGE 277 9 YORÚBÁ ETHNOGENESIS 311 10 FEMALE IMAGINATION 353 11 SUCCESS FOR WOMEN 389 12 CULTURAL HIGHWAY 435 vu
ѵш CONTENTS 13 FOLKLORISTS AND CULTURAL BROKERS 479 14 INSTITUTIONAL BUILDERS 515 15 GIANTS OF THE NATION 563 16 FUTURE OF THE PRESENT 641 17 PROTESTOGRAPHY 697 18 IMAGES OF CULTURES 757 19 PAINT, BRUSH, AND WORDS 795 20 PEOPLE ARE MY GARMENTS 863 21 ENLARGING GREATNESS 899 EPILOGUE I THE RETURN OF THE SPIRIT 937 Bibliography 971 Index 1001
n Praise of Greatness, employing poems and prose, pays homage to those African scholars, artists, and public intellectuals who have been exemplary in developing significant ideas and institutional legacies with far-reaching political, social, and cultural impact. Here are remarkable lives of dedicated service that have transformed society, extended the frontiers of knowledge, preserved values, and offered unique perspec tives that replace universalism with pluriversalism. In twenty-two chapters that deploy dynamic poetics, distinct cultural tools, and rich traditions, the book presents multiple global-local biographies of preeminent schol ars, living legends, and intellectual giants of Africa and its diaspora. Through individual stories, cumulative analyses demonstrate the existence and elaboration of an ontological and epistemic infrastructure that embodies the powerful paradigms that are essential to attaining progress, promoting ethical schol arship, and presenting distinguished Africans to the outside world. The book argues for the maintenance of strong academic traditions and new social thinking beyond patriarchy, as well as more serious attention to poetic and artistic creativity in surviving, navigat ing, and transforming the varying forces of modernity and globalization with meticulous and sustained attention to local needs and contexts. In Praise of Greatness advances the agenda of nation building by showcasing the formidable works and enduring genius of prominent individuals who have discovered pathways to optimal outcomes for themselves and others through
myriad heroic efforts and honorable relationships of generosity and trust. In Praise of Greatness seeks to inspire intellectual productivity in an emergent gen eration of scholars; to provide a unique lens for interpreting the past and present; and to promote a collective narrative around African development. /
|
| any_adam_object | 1 |
| author | Falola, Toyin 1953- |
| author_GND | (DE-588)130883352 |
| author_facet | Falola, Toyin 1953- |
| author_role | aut |
| author_sort | Falola, Toyin 1953- |
| author_variant | t f tf |
| building | Verbundindex |
| bvnumber | BV045459917 |
| callnumber-first | P - Language and Literature |
| callnumber-label | PR9340 |
| callnumber-raw | PR9340.5 |
| callnumber-search | PR9340.5 |
| callnumber-sort | PR 49340.5 |
| callnumber-subject | PR - English Literature |
| classification_rvk | EP 20020 |
| ctrlnum | (OCoLC)1141149539 (DE-599)BVBBV045459917 |
| dewey-full | 809.935920960905 |
| dewey-hundreds | 800 - Literature (Belles-lettres) and rhetoric |
| dewey-ones | 809 - History, description & criticism |
| dewey-raw | 809.935920960905 |
| dewey-search | 809.935920960905 |
| dewey-sort | 3809.935920960905 |
| dewey-tens | 800 - Literature (Belles-lettres) and rhetoric |
| discipline | Außereuropäische Sprachen und Literaturen Literaturwissenschaft |
| format | Book |
| fullrecord | <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><collection xmlns="http://www.loc.gov/MARC21/slim"><record><leader>02166nam a2200493 c 4500</leader><controlfield tag="001">BV045459917</controlfield><controlfield tag="003">DE-604</controlfield><controlfield tag="005">20200422 </controlfield><controlfield tag="007">t</controlfield><controlfield tag="008">190213s2019 xxua||| |||| 00||| eng d</controlfield><datafield tag="010" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">018044726</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="020" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">9781531011864</subfield><subfield code="9">978-1-5310-1186-4</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="035" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">(OCoLC)1141149539</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="035" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">(DE-599)BVBBV045459917</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="040" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">DE-604</subfield><subfield code="b">ger</subfield><subfield code="e">rda</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="041" ind1="0" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">eng</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="044" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">xxu</subfield><subfield code="c">US</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="049" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">DE-703</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="050" ind1=" " ind2="0"><subfield code="a">PR9340.5</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="082" ind1="0" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">809.935920960905</subfield><subfield code="2">23</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="084" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">EP 20020</subfield><subfield code="0">(DE-625)26998:</subfield><subfield code="2">rvk</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="100" ind1="1" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">Falola, Toyin</subfield><subfield code="d">1953-</subfield><subfield code="e">Verfasser</subfield><subfield code="0">(DE-588)130883352</subfield><subfield code="4">aut</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="245" ind1="1" ind2="0"><subfield code="a">In praise of greatness</subfield><subfield code="b">the poetics of African adulation</subfield><subfield code="c">Toyin Falola</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="264" ind1=" " ind2="1"><subfield code="a">Durham NC</subfield><subfield code="b">Carolina Academic Press, LLC</subfield><subfield code="c">[2019]</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="300" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">xvi, 1035 pages</subfield><subfield code="b">Illustrationen</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="336" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="b">txt</subfield><subfield code="2">rdacontent</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="337" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="b">n</subfield><subfield code="2">rdamedia</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="338" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="b">nc</subfield><subfield code="2">rdacarrier</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="500" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">Includes bibliographical references</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="650" ind1=" " ind2="4"><subfield code="a">Africans</subfield><subfield code="x">Biography</subfield><subfield code="x">History and criticism</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="650" ind1=" " ind2="4"><subfield code="a">Biography</subfield><subfield code="y">21st century</subfield><subfield code="x">History and criticism</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="650" ind1=" " ind2="4"><subfield code="a">Biography as a literary form</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="650" ind1=" " ind2="4"><subfield code="a">Heroes</subfield><subfield code="z">Africa</subfield><subfield code="x">Biography</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="650" ind1=" " ind2="4"><subfield code="a">Collective memory</subfield><subfield code="z">Africa</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="650" ind1="0" ind2="7"><subfield code="a">Schriftsteller</subfield><subfield code="0">(DE-588)4053309-8</subfield><subfield code="2">gnd</subfield><subfield code="9">rswk-swf</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="651" ind1=" " ind2="4"><subfield code="a">Africa</subfield><subfield code="x">Biography</subfield><subfield code="x">History and criticism</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="651" ind1=" " ind2="7"><subfield code="a">Afrika</subfield><subfield code="0">(DE-588)4000695-5</subfield><subfield code="2">gnd</subfield><subfield code="9">rswk-swf</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="689" ind1="0" ind2="0"><subfield code="a">Afrika</subfield><subfield code="0">(DE-588)4000695-5</subfield><subfield code="D">g</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="689" ind1="0" ind2="1"><subfield code="a">Schriftsteller</subfield><subfield code="0">(DE-588)4053309-8</subfield><subfield code="D">s</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="689" ind1="0" ind2=" "><subfield code="5">DE-604</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="776" ind1="0" ind2="8"><subfield code="i">Erscheint auch als</subfield><subfield code="n">Online-Ausgabe</subfield><subfield code="z">978-1-5310-1187-1</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="856" ind1="4" ind2="2"><subfield code="m">Digitalisierung UB Bayreuth - ADAM Catalogue Enrichment</subfield><subfield code="q">application/pdf</subfield><subfield code="u">http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&local_base=BVB01&doc_number=030845174&sequence=000001&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA</subfield><subfield code="3">Inhaltsverzeichnis</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="856" ind1="4" ind2="2"><subfield code="m">Digitalisierung UB Bayreuth - ADAM Catalogue Enrichment</subfield><subfield code="q">application/pdf</subfield><subfield code="u">http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&local_base=BVB01&doc_number=030845174&sequence=000003&line_number=0002&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA</subfield><subfield code="3">Klappentext</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="999" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">oai:aleph.bib-bvb.de:BVB01-030845174</subfield></datafield></record></collection> |
| geographic | Africa Biography History and criticism Afrika (DE-588)4000695-5 gnd |
| geographic_facet | Africa Biography History and criticism Afrika |
| id | DE-604.BV045459917 |
| illustrated | Illustrated |
| indexdate | 2024-07-10T08:18:39Z |
| institution | BVB |
| isbn | 9781531011864 |
| language | English |
| lccn | 018044726 |
| oai_aleph_id | oai:aleph.bib-bvb.de:BVB01-030845174 |
| oclc_num | 1141149539 |
| open_access_boolean | |
| owner | DE-703 |
| owner_facet | DE-703 |
| physical | xvi, 1035 pages Illustrationen |
| publishDate | 2019 |
| publishDateSearch | 2019 |
| publishDateSort | 2019 |
| publisher | Carolina Academic Press, LLC |
| record_format | marc |
| spelling | Falola, Toyin 1953- Verfasser (DE-588)130883352 aut In praise of greatness the poetics of African adulation Toyin Falola Durham NC Carolina Academic Press, LLC [2019] xvi, 1035 pages Illustrationen txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references Africans Biography History and criticism Biography 21st century History and criticism Biography as a literary form Heroes Africa Biography Collective memory Africa Schriftsteller (DE-588)4053309-8 gnd rswk-swf Africa Biography History and criticism Afrika (DE-588)4000695-5 gnd rswk-swf Afrika (DE-588)4000695-5 g Schriftsteller (DE-588)4053309-8 s DE-604 Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe 978-1-5310-1187-1 Digitalisierung UB Bayreuth - ADAM Catalogue Enrichment application/pdf http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&local_base=BVB01&doc_number=030845174&sequence=000001&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA Inhaltsverzeichnis Digitalisierung UB Bayreuth - ADAM Catalogue Enrichment application/pdf http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&local_base=BVB01&doc_number=030845174&sequence=000003&line_number=0002&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA Klappentext |
| spellingShingle | Falola, Toyin 1953- In praise of greatness the poetics of African adulation Africans Biography History and criticism Biography 21st century History and criticism Biography as a literary form Heroes Africa Biography Collective memory Africa Schriftsteller (DE-588)4053309-8 gnd |
| subject_GND | (DE-588)4053309-8 (DE-588)4000695-5 |
| title | In praise of greatness the poetics of African adulation |
| title_auth | In praise of greatness the poetics of African adulation |
| title_exact_search | In praise of greatness the poetics of African adulation |
| title_full | In praise of greatness the poetics of African adulation Toyin Falola |
| title_fullStr | In praise of greatness the poetics of African adulation Toyin Falola |
| title_full_unstemmed | In praise of greatness the poetics of African adulation Toyin Falola |
| title_short | In praise of greatness |
| title_sort | in praise of greatness the poetics of african adulation |
| title_sub | the poetics of African adulation |
| topic | Africans Biography History and criticism Biography 21st century History and criticism Biography as a literary form Heroes Africa Biography Collective memory Africa Schriftsteller (DE-588)4053309-8 gnd |
| topic_facet | Africans Biography History and criticism Biography 21st century History and criticism Biography as a literary form Heroes Africa Biography Collective memory Africa Schriftsteller Africa Biography History and criticism Afrika |
| url | http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&local_base=BVB01&doc_number=030845174&sequence=000001&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&local_base=BVB01&doc_number=030845174&sequence=000003&line_number=0002&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT falolatoyin inpraiseofgreatnessthepoeticsofafricanadulation |