wyszukanych pozycji: 8
African Folktales
ISBN: 9780394721170 / Angielski / Miękka / 1983 / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. The deep forest and broad savannah, the campsites, kraals, and villages--from this immense area south of the Sahara Desert the distinguished American folklorist Roger D. Abrahams has selected ninety-five tales that suggest both the diversity and the interconnectedness of the people who live there. The storytellers weave imaginative myths of creation and tales of epic deeds, chilling ghost stories, and ribald tales of mischief and magic in the animal and human realms. Abrahams renders these stories in a narrative voice that reverberates with the rhythms of tribal song and dance and the...
The deep forest and broad savannah, the campsites, kraals, and villages--from this immense area south of the Sahara Desert the distinguished American ...
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94,95 zł |
Counting-Out Rhymes: A Dictionary
ISBN: 9780292739765 / Angielski / Miękka / 1980 / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Eeny, meeny, figgledy, fig. You can stand, Counting-out rhymes are used by children between the ages of six and eleven as a special way of choosing it and beginning play. They may be short and simple ("O-U-T spells out/And out goes you") or relatively long and complicated; they may be composed of ordinary words, arrant nonsense, or a mixture of the two. ...Eeny, meeny, figgledy, fig. |
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104,29 zł |
Deep Down in the Jungle...: Black American Folklore from the Streets of Philadelphia
ISBN: 9781138522060 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 296 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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704,29 zł |
Deep Down in the Jungle...
ISBN: 9780202308470 / Angielski / Miękka / 2006 / 296 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. With the growth of interest in folklore, it becomes increasingly evident that the presentation of a collection needs some rationale more than the fact that traditional materials have been collected and properly annotated. Much has been gathered and is now accessible through journals, archives, and lists. If a corpus of lore is not presented in someway which bears new light on the process of word-of-mouth transmission, on traditional forms or expressions, or on the group among whom the lore was encountered, there is little reason to present it to the public.
With the growth of interest in folklore, it becomes increasingly evident that the presentation of a collection needs some rationale more than the fact...
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229,49 zł |
Jump-Rope Rhymes: A Dictionary
ISBN: 9780292712164 / Angielski / Miękka / 1969 / 252 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. I had a little brother.
His name was Tiny Tim. I put him in the bathtub To teach him how to swim. He drank all the water. He ate all the soap. He died last night With a bubble in his throat. Jump-rope rhymes, chanted to maintain the rhythm of the game, have other, equally entertaining uses:
I had a little brother.
His name was Tiny Tim. I put him in the bathtub To teach him how to swim. He drank all the water. He ate a... |
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104,29 zł |
Singing the Master: The Emergence of African-American Culture in the Plantationsouth
ISBN: 9780140179194 / Angielski / Miękka / 1994 / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Impressive A scrupulously researched work enlarging our understanding of an integral aspect of slave culture. The Washington Post Book World
What was it like to be a slave on a plantation of the antebellum South? How did the fiction of the happy slave and myth of the plantation family evolve? How did slaves create a performance style that unified them, while simultaneously entertaining and mocking the master? The answers to these questions may be found in the groundbreaking study of the corn-shucking ceremonies of the prewar South, where white masters played host to local... Impressive A scrupulously researched work enlarging our understanding of an integral aspect of slave culture. The Washington Post Book World |
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116,80 zł |
The Ritual Process: Structure and Anti-Structure
ISBN: 9781138538320 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 232 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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704,29 zł |
Blues for New Orleans: Mardi Gras and America's Creole Soul
ISBN: 9780812239591 / Angielski / Twarda / 2006 / 112 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, as the citizens of New Orleans regroup and put down roots elsewhere, many wonder what will become of one of the nation's most complex creole cultures. New Orleans emerged like Atlantis from under the sea, as the city in which some of the most important American vernacular arts took shape. Creativity fostered jazz music, made of old parts and put together in utterly new ways; architecture that commingled Norman rooflines, West African floor plans, and native materials of mud and moss; food that simmered African ingredients in French sauces with Native... In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, as the citizens of New Orleans regroup and put down roots elsewhere, many wonder what will become of one of ... |
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125,15 zł |