Italian folktales in America : the verbal art of an immigrant woman / / Elizabeth Mathias and Richard Raspa ; foreword by Roger D. Abrahams

• Autore: Mathias Elizabeth
• Pubblicazione: Detroit, : Wayne State University Press, 1988, c1985
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xxi, 322 pages) : illustrations
• Disciplina: 398.2/08951073
• Soggetto topico: Italian Americans; Tales - United States; Tales - Italy; Storytellers - United States; Storytellers - Italy; Italian American women
• Altri autori: RaspaRichard <1940-> TodescoClementina
• Note generali: Includes 22 tales as told by Clementina Todesco.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 309-313) and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Italian folktales in America
• ISBN: 9780814338360; 0814338364
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910961629903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Wayne State University Folklore Archive study series.