African Folktales in the New World

Informationen zum Autor WILLIAM BASCOM (1912¿1981) was Professor of Anthropology and Director of the Robert L. Lowie Museum of Anthropology at the University of California, Berkeley. The author of Ifa Divination and Sixteen Cowries, he co-authored Continuity and Change in African Cultures and A Handbook of West African Art. Klappentext " -FabulaThese essays, devoted to traditional narratives found in Africa and in the New World, represent the last major research project of William Bascom (1912-1981), eminent authority on African art and folklore-his intention was to demonstrate the African roots of African American folktales. Zusammenfassung Includes essays devoted to traditional narratives found in Africa and in the New World. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword by Alan Dundes Acknowledgments Preface ONE Oba's Ear: A Yoruba Myth in Cuba and Brazil TWO The Talking Skull Refuses to Talk THREE Trickster Seeks Endowments; Measuring the Snake: Challenging Birds (Insects) to Fill a Container; Milking a Cow (Deer) Stuck in a Tree FOUR Bird's Head (Leg) under Its Wing FIVE Inside Cow's (Elephant's) Belly SIX Deer's Hoof and Ear; Dog and Dog Head SEVEN Holding the Rock EIGHT Taught an Icriminating Song (Saying) NINE Moon Splits Hare's Lip (Nose) TEN Dogs Rescue Master in Tree Refuge ELEVEN Agreement to Sell Mothers; Agreement to Kill Mothers; Cutta Cord-La! TWELVE Knock Dust (Water) Out of Rock; Waiting on the Lord THIRTEEN Birds' Fasting (Singing) Contest FOURTEEN Diving Contest

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• Authors: William Bascom, William R. Dundes Bascom, William Russell Bascom, William W. Bascom, William W. Dundes Bascom, BASCOM WILLIAM R DUNDES ALAN, Bascom William W, Alan Dundes
• Assisted by: William Bascom (Editor), Foreword by Alan Dundes William Bascom (Editor)
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 22.11.1992
• EAN: 9780253207364
• ISBN: 978-0-253-20736-4
• No. of pages: 272
• Series: Folkloristics; Folkloristics; Indiana University Press (IPS)
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Society; Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Ethnology