Indian Ocean Folktales
Author | : Lee Haring |
Publisher | : NFSC www.indianfolklore.org |
Total Pages | : 154 |
Release | : 2002 |
Genre | : Folklore |
ISBN | : 8190148109 |
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Author | : Lee Haring |
Publisher | : NFSC www.indianfolklore.org |
Total Pages | : 154 |
Release | : 2002 |
Genre | : Folklore |
ISBN | : 8190148109 |
Author | : Lee Haring |
Publisher | : Indiana University Press |
Total Pages | : 445 |
Release | : 2007-07-19 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 0253000009 |
In Stars and Keys: Folktales and Creolization in the Southwest Indian Ocean, Lee Haring introduces readers to the rich folklore traditions of the islands of the southwest Indian Ocean. The culture of Madagascar, Mauritius, Seychelles, Réunion, and the Comoros is a unique blend of traditions that have been brought from Africa, South Asia, Europe, and the Middle East. The folktales from these islands reflect the diversity of this culture and provide a rare opportunity to observe the fluidity of traditions and the process of creolization. Haring presents the tales in a uniquely innovative style: he interrupts the text as if he were reading aloud and directly addresses the reader. His words and those of the storytellers are clearly distinguished, making this folktale collection useful to a wide range of readers and scholars.
Author | : Dawood Auleear |
Publisher | : NFSC www.indianfolklore.org |
Total Pages | : 127 |
Release | : 2006 |
Genre | : Folk literature, Indic |
ISBN | : 8190148176 |
Author | : Pratibha Nath |
Publisher | : Penguin UK |
Total Pages | : 191 |
Release | : 2016-08-15 |
Genre | : Literary Collections |
ISBN | : 9351180980 |
Stories of wonder and wit, from far and near Everyone will find a favourite story in this collection of folktales and legends. There is the story of Jumman the labourer, who thinks the Qazi of Jaunpur is actually his donkey! And the strange adventure of Dhania who, stealing out for a midnight snack, gets stuck in honey. Or the account of how a lowly weasel put the mighty Yudhishtir in place. And what happens when Bhim tries to match his strength against that of Hanuman! Culled from all parts of the country, and spanning heaven, earth and the netherworld, these stories let us into a world of enchantment, wisdom and loads of fun.
Author | : Anne E. Duggan Ph.D. |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing USA |
Total Pages | : 1751 |
Release | : 2016-02-12 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1610692543 |
Encyclopedic in its coverage, this one-of-a-kind reference is ideal for students, scholars, and others who need reliable, up-to-date information on folk and fairy tales, past and present. Folktales and fairy tales have long played an important role in cultures around the world. They pass customs and lore from generation to generation, provide insights into the peoples who created them, and offer inspiration to creative artists working in media that now include television, film, manga, photography, and computer games. This second, expanded edition of an award-winning reference will help students and teachers as well as storytellers, writers, and creative artists delve into this enchanting world and keep pace with its past and its many new facets. Alphabetically organized and global in scope, the work is the only multivolume reference in English to offer encyclopedic coverage of this subject matter. The four-volume collection covers national, cultural, regional, and linguistic traditions from around the world as well as motifs, themes, characters, and tale types. Writers and illustrators are included as are filmmakers and composers—and, of course, the tales themselves. The expert entries within volumes 1 through 3 are based on the latest research and developments while the contents of volume 4 comprises tales and texts. While most books either present readers with tales from certain countries or cultures or with thematic entries, this encyclopedia stands alone in that it does both, making it a truly unique, one-stop resource.
Author | : Neil Philip |
Publisher | : Wayland |
Total Pages | : 122 |
Release | : 1995 |
Genre | : Folk literature, Indic |
ISBN | : 9780750016889 |
A collection of 18 Indian folktales, chosen for their themes of luck and fate, magic and bravery. Suggested level: primary, intermediate.
Author | : Lee Haring |
Publisher | : Open Book Publishers |
Total Pages | : 125 |
Release | : 2023-07-13 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1805110071 |
The book uncovers the versatility and literary skills of oral narrators in a small African island. Relying on the researches of three French ethnographers who interviewed storytellers in the 1970s-80s, Lee Haring shows a once-colonised people using verbal art to preserve ancient values in the postcolonial world, when the island of Mayotte was transforming itself from a neglected colony to an overseas department of France. The author’s innovation is to read ethnographic researches as play scripts—to see printed folktales as accounts of live performances. One storyteller after another comments symbolically on what it is like to be a formerly colonised population. Storytelling women, in particular, combine diverse plots and characters to create traditional-sounding stories, which could not have been predicted from the African, Malagasy, Indian, and European traditions coexisting in Mayotte. Haring’s account shows them to be particularly skilled at irony and ambiguity, conveying both submissive and rebellious attitudes in their tales. He makes Mayotte storytelling accessible to a new, English-speaking audience and demonstrates that traditional storytellers in those years were preserving, but also critiquing, their inherited social order in a changing world. Their creative intentions, cultural influences and widely different narrative styles constitute Mayotte’s system of the arts of the word. Literary specialists, folklore enthusiasts, and people who like reading stories will find much to appreciate in this engaging and sophisticated book.
Author | : Anthony D. Fredericks |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing USA |
Total Pages | : 191 |
Release | : 2008-04-30 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 0313363951 |
Teachers are continually looking for materials that will enhance their studies of cultures around the world. With this new book, author, Tony Fredericks and illustrator, Bongaman, present readers theatre scripts based on traditional African folklore. Plays are organized by area and identified by country. Included are tales from Algeria to Zambia and all areas in between. This title contains background information for teachers on each African country included as well as instruction and presentation suggestions. The rationale and role of readers theatre in literacy instruction is discussed and additional resources for extending studies of African folklore are included. Grades 4-8.
Author | : Thomas George Thrum |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 374 |
Release | : 1923 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : |
1923 edition of a collection of Hawaiian folk tales compiled by Thomas G. Thrum. The forward in this book is a new addition from earlier versions. Thrum explains that this volume is the fourth edition and has a number of studies and special translations that are not available in other editions (1907, 1912, 1917, 1921, 1978, and 1998).
Author | : Nelson Mandela |
Publisher | : W. W. Norton & Company |
Total Pages | : 156 |
Release | : 2002 |
Genre | : Folk tales of the world |
ISBN | : 0393052125 |
Mandela, the Nobel Laureate for Peace, has selected 32 African stories for this extraordinary new book, an anthology that presents Africa's oldest folk tales to the children of the world. Full color.