Roger D. Abrahams. The Man-of-Words in the West Indies: Performance and the Emergence of Creole Culture. Baltimore and London: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1983. xxxi + 200 pp.

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Published online: 1 January 1985

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Roger D. Abrahams. The Man-of-Words in the West Indies: Performance and the Emergence of Creole Culture. Baltimore and London: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1983. xxxi + 200 pp.

Roger D. Abrahams. The Man-of-Words in the West Indies: Performance and the Emergence of Creole Culture. Baltimore and London: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1983. xxxi + 200 pp.