Never marry a woman with big feet : women in proverbs from around the world /

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The book to bring together a fascinating compendium of witticisms on women-more than 15,000 sayings from around the globe and translated from more than 240 languages.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Schipper, Mineke
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: [Leiden] : Leiden University Press, Ã2010.
Subjects:
Proverbs.
Proverbs > History and criticism.
Women > Quotations.
Women > Folklore.
Aphorisms and Proverbs as Topic
Proverbes.
proverbs.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Folklore & Mythology.
Proverbs
Women
Folklore
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Quotations
Sayings.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgments; Prologue; 1 The Female Body; 2 Phases of Life; 3 Basics of Life; 4 Female Power; 5 Messages of Metaphors; Epilogue: Proverbial Imagination in an Age of Globalization; Endnotes; Languages, Cultures and Countries; Bibliography; Index.

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