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Curandero, A Cuento
ISBN: 9780865340206 / Angielski / Miękka / 112 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Complete with folklore on the art of mystic healing in the lost mountains of Northern New Mexico, this cuento--a legend--is first and foremost a love story. Antonio discovers affection early on for the various types of herbs found around his homeland. Everything in this young mans life directs him toward a calling he cannot afford to ignore.
Complete with folklore on the art of mystic healing in the lost mountains of Northern New Mexico, this cuento--a legend--is first and foremost a love ...
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Monumental Ghosts, Supernatural Stories
ISBN: 9780865340299 / Angielski / Miękka / 44 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. What do the Dorsey Mansion, Fort Union, the Vietnam Memorial Chapel, Quarai, White Sands, and Coronado State Monument in New Mexico have in common? They all have ghosts connected with their histories Alice says, "The ghosts in this volume are all 'residents' of national or state monuments. But the ghosts in New Mexico, unlike those of say, the British Isles, are rarely vicious or frightening. They are gentle ghosts and more afraid of us, apparently, than we are of them." Alice Bullock shares these and other ghostly tales with us in this collection of Southwestern legends, all explained in...
What do the Dorsey Mansion, Fort Union, the Vietnam Memorial Chapel, Quarai, White Sands, and Coronado State Monument in New Mexico have in common? Th...
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Coyote Tales from the Indian Pueblos
ISBN: 9780865340947 / Angielski / Miękka / 64 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. One of the most constant symbols of North American Indian mythology is coyote, a figure that has not only persisted but successfully crossed cultural barriers. Coyote survives both as an animal and a myth in literature and art. Why have coyote stories lasted so long? Although they are entertaining, one of the purposes of the legends is to point up a moral. Coyote serves as a model of what to do and what not to do. In many of the stories his anti-social behavior results in misfortune. And some of the stories provide a relief from serious and tense concerns. Listeners or readers are also able...
One of the most constant symbols of North American Indian mythology is coyote, a figure that has not only persisted but successfully crossed cultural ...
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The Other State, New Mexico USA
ISBN: 9780865344037 / Angielski / Miękka / 120 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The party in the cemetery. The amputation of the bronze foot. The reincarnation of Billy the Kid. This is the only book ever to make The "New York Times" bestseller list in both fiction AND nonfiction.
The party in the cemetery. The amputation of the bronze foot. The reincarnation of Billy the Kid. This is the only book ever to make The "New York Tim...
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56,67 |
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American Indian Creation Myths
ISBN: 9780865344716 / Angielski / Miękka / 116 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Myths tell us much about a people. And all cultures have creation myths. The myths collected by the author in this book tell us about the rich and varied lives and imagination of the first Americans. They vary from simple to complex and all attempt to answer the question of human origin. Native Americans are of profound beginnings. Each Tribe, Group or Pueblo hold their beginning to be truths, unique from one another. The beliefs in this book are only a sampling of the many that still exist today. "In collecting these tales," the author says, "no tape recorder was used and no notes were taken...
Myths tell us much about a people. And all cultures have creation myths. The myths collected by the author in this book tell us about the rich and var...
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Lies to Live by
ISBN: 9780870136634 / Angielski / Miękka / 143 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Lies To Live By" brings together two selections of stories by Ojibwe storyteller Lois Beardslee. Lies to Live By, a series of interdependent tales, reflects the storyteller s role in interpreting traditional stories for contemporary audiences, while preserving traditions based not in mysticism but in pragmatism. In Calm Days, three generations the narrator, her grandfather, and her son spend a week together on a remote island during the course of which they demonstrate the continuity of Ojibwe life. Together these stories weave the contemporary and the traditional to show how cultural... "Lies To Live By" brings together two selections of stories by Ojibwe storyteller Lois Beardslee. Lies to Live By, a series of interdependent tales... |
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112,48 |
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Poplore : Folk and Pop in American Culture
ISBN: 9780870239045 / Angielski / Miękka / 167 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This work advocates the use of the word poplore to describe the popular and commercial roots of the dynamic, syncretic traditions of American democratic culture. Amongst those examined are Johann Gottfried Herder and his theories of nationalism, Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger and Moe Asch.
This work advocates the use of the word poplore to describe the popular and commercial roots of the dynamic, syncretic traditions of American democrat...
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Heart of the Ngoni: Heroes of the African Kingdom of Segu
ISBN: 9780870239298 / Angielski / Miękka / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The heroic legends decribed here, re-create the events and annals of the kingdom of Segu and of the Bambara tribe that formed a series of important city-states along the Niger River during the 17th century. The deeds of kings, the exploits of warriors, the sorcery of magicians, and battles against invaders are among the subjects addressed. The stories, transmitted orally, were narrated by the djeli, traditional keepers of the history of ruling families of the kingdoms that once flourished in the Western Sudan. They speak of valour, honour, intrigues and rivalries between powerful chiefs; they...
The heroic legends decribed here, re-create the events and annals of the kingdom of Segu and of the Bambara tribe that formed a series of important ci...
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The Tall Tales of Davy Crockett: The Second Nashville Series of Crockett Almanacs, 1839-1841
ISBN: 9780870495250 / Angielski / Twarda / 164 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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116,78 |
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Ghosts Along Cumberland: Deathlore Kentucky Foothills
ISBN: 9780870495359 / Angielski / Miękka / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A fascinating collection of ghost stories, tales of the supernatural, death beliefs and death sayings that remain as a vestige of the part in south central Kentucky's "Pennyrile" region. "This unique and extremely valuable book adds considerably to the area of folklore studies in the United States. The material which Montell obtained in his field work is superb." --Don Yoder. "This book is to be recommended to both folklorists and those non-folklorists who read folklore for enjoyment alone. It makes an important contribution to the study of deathlore and, it is to be hoped,... A fascinating collection of ghost stories, tales of the supernatural, death beliefs and death sayings that remain as a vestige of the part in sout... |
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Manufacturing Tales: Sex and Money in Contemporary Legends
ISBN: 9780870497544 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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Manufacturing Tales: Sex Money Contemporary Legends
ISBN: 9780870497551 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The mouse in the Coke bottle, the promiscuous cheerleader, the exploding Pop Rocks candy, the Kentucky Fried Rat. If the ballad and the fairy tale were the archetypal folklore forms of an earlier age, such contemporary legends constitute the preferred narrative genre of the late twentieth century. In Manufacturing Tales, award-winning folklorist Gary Alan Fine presents a major new theory of the creation and diffusion of contemporary legends in modern society. While ballad and fairy tale arose in folk communities and spread through trade and migration, contemporary legends thrive in societies...
The mouse in the Coke bottle, the promiscuous cheerleader, the exploding Pop Rocks candy, the Kentucky Fried Rat. If the ballad and the fairy tale wer...
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92,44 |
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Folklore Matters
ISBN: 9780870497766 / Angielski / Miękka / 188 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. '. . . not a large book, but that makes all the more admirable the way the more admirable the way the author succeeds in doing justice to so many of the most important subjects in folkloristics. This book is a key work, and should be made compulsory reading in every university in which folkloristics is studied.'-Jon Hnefill Aoalsteinsson, Asian Folklore Studies
'. . . not a large book, but that makes all the more admirable the way the more admirable the way the author succeeds in doing justice to so many of t...
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Bodylore
ISBN: 9780870498909 / Angielski / Miękka / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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111,91 |
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The Stories We Tell: An Anthology of Oregon Folk Literature
ISBN: 9780870713804 / Angielski / Miękka / 326 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. These traditional stories, songs, tales, and sayings -- from Native American creation myths to spotted owl jokes -- reveal the richness of Oregon's oral traditions.
These traditional stories, songs, tales, and sayings -- from Native American creation myths to spotted owl jokes -- reveal the richness of Oregon's or...
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Badger and Coyote Were Neighbors: Melville Jacobs on Northwest Indian Myths and Tales
ISBN: 9780870714733 / Angielski / Miękka / 310 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Anthropologist and folklorist Melville Jacobs worked to preserve the fast-disappearing languages and traditions of the Indian peoples of Oregon and Washington. This book presents an introduction to Jacobs's seminal research and gathers twenty stories that he collected and translated.
Anthropologist and folklorist Melville Jacobs worked to preserve the fast-disappearing languages and traditions of the Indian peoples of Oregon and Wa...
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Nehalem Tillamook Tales
ISBN: 9780870715037 / Angielski / Miękka / 228 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The energy, wit, and freshness of these sixty tales, as told by an accomplished Tillamook storyteller, make this volume one of the most accessible and readable collections of traditional Indian literature.
The energy, wit, and freshness of these sixty tales, as told by an accomplished Tillamook storyteller, make this volume one of the most accessible and...
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Gib Morgan
ISBN: 9780870740084 / Angielski / Twarda / 104 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The first publication resulting from a study of the impact of the oil industry upon the folklore and the folkways of the American people. It includes collections of stories about the life Gib Morgan lived and the tales he told. A Texas Folklore Society Publication.
The first publication resulting from a study of the impact of the oil industry upon the folklore and the folkways of the American people. It includes ...
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102,18 |
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Folk Travelers
ISBN: 9780870740145 / Angielski / Twarda / 261 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A collection of articles from the Texas Folklore Society. The title comes from J. Frank Dobie's chapter on "The Traveling Anecdote." Also included are Roy Bedichek on "Folklore in Natural History;" "The Names of Western Wild Animals," by George D. Hendricks; "Bonny Barbara Allen," by Joseph W. Hendren; "Aunt Cordie's Ax and Other Motifs in Oil," by Mody C. Boatright; "The Western Ballad and the Russian Ballada," by Robert C. Stephenson; "The Love Tragedy in Texas-Mexican Balladry," by Americo Paredes; "Emerson and the Language of the Folk," by John Q. Anderson; "Tales of Neiman-Marcus," by...
A collection of articles from the Texas Folklore Society. The title comes from J. Frank Dobie's chapter on "The Traveling Anecdote." Also included are...
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116,78 |
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Puro Mexicano
ISBN: 9780870740411 / Angielski / Twarda Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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116,78 |
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