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Interpreters of Indian Ocean Tales
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January 23, 2006
Oral folktales of the islands of the Southwest Indian Ocean Madagascar, Mauritius, Réunion, Seychelles, and the Comoros became available for Europeans when investigators successfully translated the cultural production of the islands into European languages, as part of the export of raw materials to the western world. Through interpreting tales, ethnographers contributed to the European order of knowledge about the meaning of native discourses.
Published Online: 2006-01-23
Published in Print: 2003-05-21
Copyright © 2003 by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co. KG
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