TITLE: |
Samoan variations : essays on the nature of traditional oral arts / Jacob Wainwright Love. |
AUTHOR: |
Love, Jacob Wainwright. |
SERIES: |
Harvard dissertations in folklore and oral tradition |
PUBLISHED: |
New York : Garland Pub., 1991. |
DESCRIPTION: |
xvii, 327 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
NOTES: |
Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral)--Harvard University, 1979. |
NOTES: |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [301]-320) and index. |
SUBJECT: |
Folk poetry, Samoan--History and criticism. |
SUBJECT: |
Metaphor. |
SUBJECT: |
Samoans--Kinship--Terminology. |
SUBJECT: |
Samoans--Songs and music--History and criticism. |
SUBJECT: |
Folklore--Performance--Samoan Islands. |
SUBJECT: |
Oral tradition--Samoan Islands. |