Storytelling on the Northern Irish border : characters and community / / Ray Cashman

• Autore: Cashman Ray
• Pubblicazione: Bloomington, : Indiana University Press, c2008
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (315 pages) : illustrations, maps
• Disciplina: 398.209416/4; 398.2094164
• Soggetto topico: Storytelling - Northern Ireland - Castlederg
• Soggetto geografico: Aghyaran (Castlederg, Northern Ireland) Folklore
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p.[267]-275) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Goals and orientations -- Aghyaran : a sense of place and history -- Ceilis as storytelling contexts -- Wakes as storytelling contexts -- Local character anecdotes -- The wider range of storytelling genres -- Anecdotes and the literary character -- Anecdotes and the local character -- Anecdote cycles and personality traits -- Patterns and implications -- Storytelling, commemoration, and identity.
• Sommario/riassunto: More than quaint local color, folklore is a crucial part of life in Aghyaran, a mixed Catholic-Protestant border community in Northern Ireland. Neighbors socialize during wakes and ceilis-informal nighttime gatherings-without regard to religious, ethnic, or political affiliation. The witty, sometimes raucous stories swapped on these occasions offer a window into Aghyaran residents' views of self and other in the wake of decades of violent conflict. Through anecdotes about local characters, participants explore the nature of community and identity in ways that transcend Catholic or Protestan
• Titolo autorizzato: Storytelling on the northern Irish border
• ISBN: 1-280-12440-7; 9786613528261; 0-253-00568-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910779098503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II