Explores the nature and complexity of women's coded acts. The volume focuses chiefly on North America and on women's folklore in areas ranging from mothering, housework, crafts and healing to music, ballads, and storytelling.
Explores the nature and complexity of women's coded acts. The volume focuses chiefly on North America and on women's folklore in areas ranging from mo...
The "Jack" known to all of us from "Jack and the Beanstalk" is the hero of a cycle of tales brought to this country from the British Isles. Jack in Two Worlds is a unique collection that brings together eight of these stories as transcribed from actual performances by tellers and eight interpretive essays by leading folktale scholars.
The "two worlds" in the book's title refer to the Jack tales' popularity first among traditional Appalachian taletellers and now among storytelling revivalists. The tellers included in this volume represent both worlds. Unlike previous...
The "Jack" known to all of us from "Jack and the Beanstalk" is the hero of a cycle of tales brought to this country from the British Isles. Jack in...
Say Little, Do Much Nursing, Nuns, and Hospitals in the Nineteenth Century Sioban Nelson "A convincing picture."--New York Times "A convincing picture."--New York Times "The most significant contribution to the literature on nursing history in decades."--Journal of Community Nursing "Required reading for all nurse historians who seek to understand the difficult and complex role of religious women who served nursing prior to our modern era."--Nursing History Review "Well-researched, scholarly, clearly written, and nicely analyzed, this work makes a significant...
Say Little, Do Much Nursing, Nuns, and Hospitals in the Nineteenth Century Sioban Nelson "A convincing picture."--New York Times "A convincing ...
What do devil dogs, witches, haunted houses, Daniel Boone, Railroad Bill, -Justice John- Crutchfield, and lost silver mines have in common? All are among the subjects included in the vast collection of legends gathered between 1937 and 1942 by the field workers of the Virginia Writers Project of the WPA. For decades following the end of the project, these stories lay untouched in the libraries of the University of Virginia. Now, folklorist Thomas E. Barden brings to light these delightful tales, most of which have never been in print. Virginia Folk Legends presents the first valid...
What do devil dogs, witches, haunted houses, Daniel Boone, Railroad Bill, -Justice John- Crutchfield, and lost silver mines have in common? All are...
Taking the aged character Nestor in the Iliad and Odyssey as an archetype of the traditional oral poet, examines the portrayal of him to reveal ancient Greek concepts of poetic memory, narrative authority, and the tension between tradition and individuality. Finds that oral narrative can become self
Taking the aged character Nestor in the Iliad and Odyssey as an archetype of the traditional oral poet, examines the portrayal of him to reveal ancien...
One of the most fascinating folktales of New Mexico concerns a gold mine believed to lie near Truchas Peaks north of Santa Fe. Initially discovered by Spanish explorers, the mine is said to have been worked by three secretive German immigrants, who took its location to their graves. Some years later, so the story goes, the mine was rediscovered by a poor herder named Juan Mondragon, who died at the hand of his adulterous wife before he could make its location known.
One of the most fascinating folktales of New Mexico concerns a gold mine believed to lie near Truchas Peaks north of Santa Fe. Initially discovered by...
Combining biography, folklore, oral history, and ethnomusicology, this book explores the life and repertoire of the Scottish traditional singer Jeannie Robertson (1908-1975) - an artist whom Alan Lomax hailed as "a monumental figure in twentieth-century folksong". Utilizing numerous quotations from Robertson's own oral accounts of her life, James Porter and Herschel Gower trace her career as a member of the marginal nomadic group in Northeast Scotland known as "travellers", whose origin is obscure. They explain the importance of traditional song in Robertson's family and community and include...
Combining biography, folklore, oral history, and ethnomusicology, this book explores the life and repertoire of the Scottish traditional singer Jeanni...
From slave times to the present the proverb has been a mainstay in African-American communication. Such sayings as "Hard times make a monkey eat red pepper when he don't care for black," "The blacker the berry, the sweeter the juice," and "Nothing ruins a duck but its bill" convey not only axiomatic impact but also profound contextual meanings.
This study of African-American proverbs is the first to probe deeply into these meanings and contexts. Sw. Anand Prahlad's interest in proverbs dates back to his own childhood in rural Virginia when he listened to his great grandmother's stories....
From slave times to the present the proverb has been a mainstay in African-American communication. Such sayings as "Hard times make a monkey eat re...
