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Mathias Elizabeth |
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Titolo |
Italian folktales in America : the verbal art of an immigrant woman / / Elizabeth Mathias and Richard Raspa ; foreword by Roger D. Abrahams |
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Detroit, : Wayne State University Press, 1988, c1985 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xxi, 322 pages) : illustrations |
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Collana |
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Wayne State University Folklore Archive study series |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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RaspaRichard <1940-> |
TodescoClementina |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Italian Americans |
Tales - United States |
Tales - Italy |
Storytellers - United States |
Storytellers - Italy |
Italian American women |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Includes 22 tales as told by Clementina Todesco. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 309-313) and indexes. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover -- Half-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Foreword by Roger D. Abrahams -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Part I Background -- Map of Northern Italy -- Introduction -- Context and History -- The Storyteller in Italy -- The Storyteller in America -- Part II Photographs -- Family Album -- Informants from Faller, Italy -- The Village of Faller -- Part III Tales -- Marchen -- 1. Barbarina and the Black Snake -- 2. The Cats under the Sea -- 3. The Cherry Tree and the Pumpkin Vine -- 4. The Devil Gets Tricked -- 5. The Ducks That Talked -- 6. The Forty-One Robbers -- 7. The Gourd of Blood -- 8. Margherita -- 9. The Old Magician Sabino -- 10. The Stone of Gold -- 11. The Story of Little Peter -- 12. The Three Brothers and the Fig Tree -- 13. The Twelve Doves on the Mountain of the Sun -- Legends and Religious Tales -- 14. The Bloodred Evil Elf -- 15. The Dark Men -- 16. The Good Priest and the Rich Stranger -- 17. The Monk and His Cloak -- 18. The Monk and the Mason -- 19. The Old Man Who Couldn't Die -- 20. Saint Peter Gets His Way -- 21. The Story of the Black Sheep -- 22. |
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The Old Man and the Rosary -- Narratives of Personal Experience -- Work in Italy -- Patrizio -- Social Behavior -- Illness, Death, and Miracles -- Stepmothers -- World War I -- Immigration to America -- Tale-Telling in America -- Religion, Love, and Children -- Bruna's Difficulties in America -- Notes to the Text -- Annotations to the Tales -- Bibliography -- Index of Motifs -- Index of Tale Types -- Backcover. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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A collection that greatly enriches our understanding of who told (and tells) märchen (Italian folktales) to whom, why and how they are told, and, perhaps most important, under what conditions. |
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