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Scottish traveller tales : lives shaped through stories /

The "Travelling People" of Scotland are the traditionally nomadic minority group known also by the derogatory term "tinkers." Traveling in groups or in their individual caravans along the high roads and byways of Scotland, they have established a distinct identity and mode of lif...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Braid, Donald
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, ©2002.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • "That's not a crack; that's a story": an overview of traveller storytelling traditions
  • "It could have happened": storytelling identity, and worldview
  • "I never met my grandfather, but I heard stories about him": storytelling and community
  • "You'll have to change your ways": the negotiation of identity in storytelling performance
  • "Did it happen or did it not?": creativity, worldview, and narrative knowing.