LEADER 04177 am 22006853u 450 001 9910156257203321 005 20221108064602.0 010 $a1-909254-88-6 010 $a2-8218-7617-3 010 $a1-909254-87-8 035 $a(CKB)3710000000331991 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5253050 035 $a(WaSeSS)IndRDA00058508 035 $a(FrMaCLE)OB-obp-2455 035 $a(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/60077 035 $a(PPN)198368852 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000331991 100 $a20200115h20142014 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurc|#---||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aStories from Quechan oral literature /$fA. M. Halpern and Amy Miller ; translated by Barbara Levy [and three others] 210 $cOpen Book Publishers 210 1$aCambridge, UK :$cOpen Book Publishers,$d2014. 210 4$d©2014 215 $a1 online resource (xii, 533 pages) $cillustrations; digital, PDF file(s) 225 1 $aWorld Oral Literature series ;$vvolume 6 300 $aProduced in conjunction with the World Oral Literature Project. 311 08$aPrint version: Halpern, A. M. Stories from Quechan Literature. Cambridge, UK : Open Book Publishers, 2014 9781909254862 190925486X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $aNotes on contributors --Foreword --Introduction --The man who bothered ants --Two stories about the orphan boy and the monster --Xaratho? --Three stories about Kwayu?u --Three stories about Old Lady Sanyuuxa?v --'Aave?m Kwasa?m. 330 3 $aThe Quechan are a Yuman people who have traditionally lived along the lower part of the Colorado River in California and Arizona. They are well known as warriors, artists, and traders, and they also have a rich oral tradition. The stories in this volume were told by tribal elders in the 1970s and early 1980s. The eleven narratives in this volume take place at the beginning of time and introduce the reader to a variety of traditional characters, including the infamous Coyote and also Kwayúu the giant, Old Lady Sanyuuxáv and her twin sons, and the Man Who Bothered Ants. This book makes a long-awaited contribution to the oral literature and mythology of the American Southwest, and its format and organization are of special interest. Narratives are presented in the original language and in the storytellers? own words. A prosodically-motivated broken-line format captures the rhetorical structure and local organization of the oral delivery and calls attention to stylistic devices such as repetition and syntactic parallelism. Facing-page English translation provides a key to the original Quechan for the benefit of language learners. The stories are organized into "story complexes?, that is, clusters of narratives with overlapping topics, characters, and events, told from diverse perspectives. In presenting not just stories but story complexes, this volume captures the art of storytelling and illuminates the complexity and interconnectedness of an important body of oral literature. Stories from Quechan Oral Literature provides invaluable reading for anyone interested in Native American cultural heritage and oral traditions more generally. 410 0$aWorld Oral Literature series ;$vvolume 6. 606 $aYuma Indians$xFolklore 606 $aYuma language 606 $aIndians of North America$zArizona 606 $aIndians of North America$zCalifornia 610 $aFirst Nations 610 $aYuman 610 $aoral literature 610 $aoral tradition 610 $aNative Americans 610 $aQuechan 615 0$aYuma Indians$xFolklore. 615 0$aYuma language. 615 0$aIndians of North America 615 0$aIndians of North America 676 $a970.00497 700 $aHalpern$b A. M.$0994144 702 $aMiller$b Amy$f1961- 702 $aLevy$b Barbara 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910156257203321 996 $aStories from Quechan oral literature$92276817 997 $aUNINA