Cultural Interpretation Across Diverse Contexts

Cultural Interpretation Across Diverse Contexts

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Summary of Shakespeare in the Bush by Laura Bohannan

The author is an American anthropologist who visits an African tribe named the Tiv. During her visit, she takes a copy of Shakespeare’s book the Hamlet with to prove that the points illustrated in the book are universal and that anyone can understand them with a little help. The tribe she visits spends a lot of their time narrating stories and drinking, something, which is according to their culture. The author is, as well, supposed to narrate stories, but she is nervous about narrating the Hamlet story to them despite the fact that the tribe is exceedingly eager to hear the…