04120nam 2200757Ia 450 991096162990332120200520144314.097808143383600814338364(CKB)3240000000068575(OCoLC)821902802(CaPaEBR)ebrary10715464(SSID)ssj0000775339(PQKBManifestationID)11491593(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000775339(PQKBWorkID)10733932(PQKB)11011252(MdBmJHUP)muse17604(Au-PeEL)EBL3416565(CaPaEBR)ebr10715464(MiAaPQ)EBC3416565(MiAaPQ)EBC31349338(Au-PeEL)EBL31349338(Perlego)4160551(EXLCZ)99324000000006857519880307h19881985 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierItalian folktales in America the verbal art of an immigrant woman /Elizabeth Mathias and Richard Raspa ; foreword by Roger D. Abrahams1st ed.Detroit Wayne State University Press1988, c19851 online resource (xxi, 322 pages) illustrationsWayne State University Folklore Archive study seriesIncludes 22 tales as told by Clementina Todesco.9780814321225 0814321224 Includes bibliographical references (p. 309-313) and indexes.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. 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.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. Wayne State University Folklore Archive study series.Italian AmericansFolkloreTalesUnited StatesTalesItalyStorytellersUnited StatesStorytellersItalyItalian American womenFolkloreItalian AmericansTalesTalesStorytellersStorytellersItalian American women398.2/08951073Mathias Elizabeth779954Raspa Richard1940-1809033Todesco Clementina1809034MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910961629903321Italian folktales in America4359616UNINA