Brazilian folk narrative scholarship : a critical survey and selective annotated bibliography / / Mary MacGregor-Villarreal

• Autore: MacGregor-Villarreal Mary
• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2015
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (263 p.)
• Disciplina: 016.3982/0981; 398.20981
• Soggetto topico: Folklore - Brazil
• Soggetto geografico: Brazil Social life and customs Bibliography
• Note generali: First published in 1994.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Original Title Page; Original Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Series Editor's Preface; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1 Contemporary Folk Narrative Scholarship; Chapter 2 Folk Narrative Scholarship prior to 1950; Chapter 3 Brazilian Research in the Context of Euro-American Folk Narrative Scholarship; Chapter 4 Conclusion: Brazilian Accomplishments in Folk Narrative Scholarship; Appendix A: Reading Guide; Appendix B: Sample Narrative Texts; Annotated Bibliography
• Sommario/riassunto: Although Brazilian scholars have collected and studied folklore since the second half of the nineteenth century, their work has gone largely unnoticed by folklorists working in other parts of the world. With the exception of anthropologists who occasionally study the folk literature of indigenous peoples in Brazil, few foreigners are familiar with, or even aware of, the kinds of folklore studies that have been undertaken in that country. This work, first published in 1994, aims to characterize the nature of Brazilian narrative studies and trends; to discuss and assess the roots of the apparent
• Titolo autorizzato: Brazilian folk narrative scholarship
• ISBN: 1-138-84533-7; 1-315-73147-9; 1-317-55209-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910824020803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Routledge Library Editions: Folklore