TY  - BOOK
AU  - Nganga,Simon
TI  - The funeral performances among the Bukusu of Kenya: a contribution to communicative genre analysis 
T2  - Beiträge zur Afrikaforschung,
SN  - 9783643909718
AV  - DT 433 .545 .B84 N436 2018
KW  - Bukusu (African people)
KW  - Funeral rites and ceremonies
KW  - Kenya
KW  - fast
N1  - Revised thesis (doctoral) - Universität, Bayreuth, 2014; Includes bibliographical references (pages [285]-303); Acknowledgements --; Table of contents --; Introduction --; Relevance of the study --; Christian and traditional african religions --; After vatican council II --; The early period --; Colonial christianity --; Nature of dialogue --; Inculturation and on-going dialogue --; Nature of dialogue within the context of inculturation --; Inculturation, challenges and implications --; Research hypothesis --; Research questions --; Overview of chapters --; Lubukusu and kiswahili --; Introduction --; The status of kiswahili and lubukusu languages in kenya --; Classification --; Linguistic studies in lubukusu and kiswahili --; Kiswahili and lubukusu languages : preliminary issues --; Kiswahili language --; Lubukusu language --; Conclusion --; Communicative genre and ritual studies --; Introduction --; Communicative genre theory --; Historical development in communicative genre studies --; Issues in communicative genres --; The notion of context --; Context, interpretive frame and performance --; Context and reflexivity --; Context and contextualization --; Interactional sociolinguistics --; Communicative genre and ritual --; Ritual, rite and ceremony --; The development of ritual --; Problems in ritual analysis --; Parallels between ritual and communicative genre --; Points of divergence --; Conclusion --; Data and methods --; Theoretical and methodological implications --; Data and methods --; Recordings --; Interviews --; Analysis --; The bukusu funeral event --; Introduction --; The christian funeral --; Studies in the christian understanding of death --; Cosmologies underlying the christian understanding of death --; Summary of the christian cosmologies --; Activities in the christian funeral event --; The traditional bukusu funeral --; Studies in traditional bukusu understanding of death --; Cosmologies underlying the bukusu understanding of death --; Summary of bukusu cosmologies --; Activities in traditional bukusu funeral --; Similarities and differences between christian and traditional bukusu funerals --; Cosmologies underlying the understanding of death --; Activities in christian and traditional bukusu funeral --; The bukusu funeral event today --; Conclusion --; The structure of the sermon --; Introduction --; Studies in the sermon --; The sermon --; Elements of the funeral sermon --; The situative features --; The formal aspects : commonly used formal features --; The formal aspects : uncommonly used formal features --; The constitutive features of the sermon --; Conclusion --; The structure of the traditional public comforting genre --; Introduction --; Aspects in traditional public comforting (khuuswena, khuuswala kumuse) --; The function of khuuswena, khuswaala kumuse --; The social context --; The thematic structure --; The comforter and the venue --; The performative and topical structures --; The performative structure --; The topical structure --; The presentation of topics in traditional public comforting --; Examples of communicative techniques from other performances --; The constitutive features of traditional public comforting --; Conclusion --; Communicative techniques --; Introduction --; Performance --; Contcxtualization cues --; Communicative techniques --; Performative aspects --; Conclusion --; Communicative techniques in the sermon --; Introduction --; Analogy --; Metaphor --; Rhetorical questions --; Citation --; Semi-direct speech --; 'Let us...' formula --; Code switching --; Conclusion --; Communicative techniques in traditional public comforting --; Introduction --; Analogy --; Metaphor --; Semi-direct speech --; Dialogic sequence --; Reported dialogue --; Scenario --; Narratives --; Conclusion --; Heteroglossia in the sermon --; Introduction --; Aspects in heteroglossia --; Definition --; Types of heteroglossia --; Inculturation --; Refutation of traditional bukusu religious aspects --; Analogy --; Semi-direct speech --; Code switching --; Replacement of meaning --; Analogy --; Proverbs --; Code switching --; Conclusion --; Heteroglossia in traditional public comforting --; Introduction --; Refutation of christian beliefs and practices --; Analogy --; Comparison and contrast --; Semi-direct speech --; Legitimization of traditional bukusu beliefs and ideas --; Examples with concealed elements from christian religion --; Coalescence of beliefs and values --; Conclusion --; Conclusion --; Bibliography --; Appendices --; Appendix A --; Transcription conventions --; Appendix B --; Questionnaire for interviews --; Appendix C --; Questions related to the sermon and traditional public comforting --; Sermon
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