Malay humorous tales : performance, corpus of oral texts and its study
Like other societies, the Malays enjoy stories which make them laugh. Numerous stories appear and are transmitted by word of mouth when people are gathered at leisure. They bring laughter and joy to teller and audience. The stories usually portray the characters' clumsiness, slow-wittedness, or...
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SOAS, University of London
2000
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| Online Access: | https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.758555 |