Voices from Sulu: A Collection of Tausug Oral Traditions
By Unknown Author.
Description
Political conflict and religious fundamentalism coupled with the advent of audio-visual media have made it difficult for traditional oral literature to remain in the popular consciousness, especially in Sulu. This volume is an attempt to preserve and present to a new generation some of the Tausug oral art forms that were recorded and collected over fifty years ago in the Sulu Archipelago. The storytellers and singers then are the real authors of this volume. It contains their stories, chants, poems, proverbs, and riddles that first saw print in earlier Sulu Studies issues. Included here as ...
ISBN(s)
971550616X, 9789715506168
