The anguish of snails : Native American folklore in the West /
After a career of working and living with Native Americans and studying their traditions, Barre Toelken has written this sweeping study of Native American folklore in the West. Within a framework of performance theory, cultural worldview, and collaborative research, he examines Native American visua...
Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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Format: | Electronic eBook |
Language: | Inglés |
Published: |
Logan, Utah :
Utah State University Press,
©2003.
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Series: | Folklife of the West ;
v. 2. |
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Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- Prologue: the snail's clues
- Cultural patterns in Native American folklore: an introduction
- Visual patterns of performance: arts
- Kinetic patterns of performance: dance
- Oral patterns of performance: story and song
- Patterns and themes in Native humor
- Cultural patterns of discovery
- Epilogue: "gleaning" and the active audience.