LEADER 03876nam 2200685Ia 450 001 9910813017903321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-53744-X 010 $a9786612537448 010 $a0-226-20623-8 024 7 $a10.7208/9780226206233 035 $a(CKB)2520000000006454 035 $a(EBL)496616 035 $a(OCoLC)609859527 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000360183 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11259471 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000360183 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10325763 035 $a(PQKB)11230328 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC496616 035 $a(DE-B1597)535863 035 $a(OCoLC)748211731 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780226206233 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL496616 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10370349 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL253744 035 $a(EXLCZ)992520000000006454 100 $a20790605d1980 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aFolktales of Egypt /$fcollected, translated, and edited, with Middle Eastern and African parallels, by Hasan M. El-Shamy ; foreword by Richard M. Dorson 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aChicago $cUniversity of Chicago Press$d1980 215 $a1 online resource (407 pages) 225 0 $aFolktales of the world 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 0 $a0-226-20624-6 311 0 $a0-226-20625-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes. 327 $tFrontmatter --$tContents --$tForeword --$tIntroduction --$tEditorial Note --$tPart I. Fantasy Tale --$tPart II. Realistic and Philosophical Tales --$tPart III. Tales Based on Religious Theme --$tPart IV. Etiological Belief Narratives --$tPart V. Axes, Saints, and Culture Heroes --$tPart VI. Local Belief Legends and Personal Memorates --$tPart VIII. Humorous Narratives and Jokes --$tNotes to the Tales --$tThe Aarne-Thompson Type Index and Egypt id n Folktales --$tBibliography --$tIndex of Motifs --$tIndex of Tale Types --$tGeneral Index 330 $aIn this book Hasan M. El-Shamy has gathered the first authentic new collection of modern Egyptian folk narratives to appear in nearly a century. El-Shamy's English translations of these orally presented stories not only preserve their spirit, but give Middle Eastern lore the scholarly attention it has long deserved. "This collection of seventy recently collected Egyptian tales is a major contribution to African studies and to international distribution studies of folktales. In the face of the recent anthropological trend to use folkloric materials for extra-folkloric purposes, the preeminence of the text must be asserted once more, and these are obviously authentic, straightforwardly translated, fully documented as to date of collection and social category of informant, and for all that . . . readable."-Daniel J. Crowley, Research in African Literatures "Western knowledge of virtually all facets of contemporary Egyptian culture, much less the roots of that culture, is woefully inadequate. By providing an interesting, varied, and readable collection of Egyptian folktales and offering clear and sensible accounts of their background and meaning, this book renders a valuable service indeed."-Kenneth J. Perkins, International Journal of Oral History 410 0$aFolktales of the World 606 $aTales$zEgypt 606 $aTales$zEgypt$xHistory and criticism 606 $aTales$zEgypt$vClassification 615 0$aTales 615 0$aTales$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aTales 676 $a398.2/1/0962 700 $aEl-Shamy$b Hasan M.$f1938-$01621795 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910813017903321 996 $aFolktales of Egypt$93955277 997 $aUNINA