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Record Nr.

UNINA9910819575503321

Autore

Brandes Stanley H.

Titolo

Metaphors of masculinity : ex and status in Andalusian folklore / / Stanley Brandes

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : , : University of Pennsylvania Press, , 1980

©1980

ISBN

0-585-11992-9

0-8122-9250-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (247 pages) : illustrations, photographs

Collana

Publications of the American Folklore Society New Series

Disciplina

398/.353/09468

Soggetti

Folklore - Spain - Andalusia

Men - Spain - Andalusia

Sex customs - Spain - Andalusia

Masculinity - Spain - Andalusia

Andalusia (Spain) Social life and customs

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1. The Study of Male Folklore in Andalusia -- 2. Giants and Big-Heads -- 3. Titles, Names, and Pronouns -- 4. Gypsy Jokes and the Andalusian Self-Image -- 5. Masculine Metaphors in Folk Speech -- 6. Jokes and the Male Identity -- 7. Pranks and Riddles -- 8. Space and Speech at the Olive Harvest -- 9. Skits and Society -- 10. Religious Expressions of Masculinity -- 11. The Folklore of Dominance and Control -- References Cited -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

In the Andalusian communities throughout the olive-growing region of southeastern Spain men show themselves to be primarily concerned with two problems of identity: their place in the social hierarchy, and the maintenance of their masculinity in the context of their culture. In this study of projective behavior as found in the folklore of an Andalusian town, Stanley Brandes is careful to support psychological interpretations with ethnographic evidence. His emphasis on male folklore provides a timely complement to current research on women.