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Old Wives' Tales Pbdirect - Life-Stories From Ibibioland

de Iris Andreski

30,46€ + 10% EM CARTÃO

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 This volume is a collection of tales of life histories of 26 elderly women from Ibiboland. It obtains a first-hand record of the pattern of life and banishes the myth of primitivity of the African by illustrating the complexity of conversational language of peasants and market women.
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Types And Motifs Of The Judeo-Spanish Folktales (Rle Folklore)

de Reginetta Haboucha

104,66€ + 10% EM CARTÃO

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 This book constitutes the first attempt to gather into a single body as many Judeo-Spanish tales published in Latin characters as could be assembled. It represents a major contribution to Sephardic and Hispanic studies, as well as to comparative folklore scholarship in a world-wide perspective.
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Types And Motifs Of The Judeo-Spanish Folktales (Rle Folklore)

de Reginetta Haboucha

104,66€ + 10% EM CARTÃO

DISPONIBILIDADE IMEDIATA

 This book constitutes the first attempt to gather into a single body as many Judeo-Spanish tales published in Latin characters as could be assembled. It represents a major contribution to Sephardic and Hispanic studies, as well as to comparative folklore scholarship in a world-wide perspective.
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Yanagita Kunio And The Folklore Movement Pbdirect - The Search For Japan'S National Character And Distinctiveness

de Ronald Morse

66,23€ + 10% EM CARTÃO

portes grátis

 This book provides a study of folklore in Japan. It also provides detail about Japanese political and literary trends which influenced or were influenced by the folklore scholarship of Yanagita. The book is useful for professional folklorists and any individual who is interested in folklore.
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Wise Words Pbdirect - Essays On The Proverb

de Wolfgang Mieder

89,21€ + 10% EM CARTÃO

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 This book is the first volume in the Garland Folklore Casebook series. It contains 20 essays on various aspects of proverb studies. These 20 essays touch upon the major concerns of paremiology, and they are representative results of the trends and themes of modem proverb scholarship.
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Types And Motifs Of The Judeo-Spanish Folktales Pbdirect

de Reginetta Haboucha

106,79€ + 10% EM CARTÃO

portes grátis

 This book constitutes the first attempt to gather into a single body as many Judeo-Spanish tales published in Latin characters as could be assembled. It represents a major contribution to Sephardic and Hispanic studies, as well as to comparative folklore scholarship in a world-wide perspective.
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Turandot'S Sisters (Rle Folklore) - A Study Of The Folktale At 851

de Christine Goldberg

63,53€ + 10% EM CARTÃO

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 Turandot's Sisters represents the culmination of more than a century's research on the riddle-tale subgenre by a small but distinguished group of folklorists. It focuses on the interpretation of riddles, especially the role of riddles in courtship ritual.
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Studies In Folk Life Pbdirect - Essays In Honour Of Iorwerth C. Peate

66,23€ + 10% EM CARTÃO

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 This volume focuses on aspects of folk life studies, written in the honour of Dr Iorwerth C. Peate. It covers all the various aspects of folk life, from linguistics to sociology, from architecture to agrarian history reflecting the wide interests of Dr Peate and his valuable contribution.
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Some Day Been Dey (Rle Folklore) - West African Pidgin Folktales

de Loreto Todd

66,23€ + 10% EM CARTÃO

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 Once upon a time' is the English translation of the title of this collection of twenty-eight Pidgin tales from Cameroon in West Africa, first published in 1979. These are richly illustrative of the various folklore genres of the region and are presented in a modified standard orthography, with an English translation facing the original Pidgin text.
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Scottish Tradition Pbdirect - A Collection Of Scottish Folk Literature

de David Buchan

60,82€ + 10% EM CARTÃO

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 This volume provides an introduction to Scottish folk literature covering classical ballads, riddles, jocular tales, lyric and comic and occupational folksongs, rhymes, historical and supernatural legends. It is divided into four sections: folk Narrative, folksong, folksay, and folk drama.
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A Scottish Ballad Book Pbdirect

de David Buchan

63,53€ + 10% EM CARTÃO

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 This Scottish ballad book provides a representative selection from the regional tradition with the best of ballad texts in the oral versions of Anna Brown and the widest range of ballad-stories. It is designed for both the general reader and the more academic student.
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The Oral Style Pbdirect

de Marcel Jousse

66,23€ + 10% EM CARTÃO

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 This volume is a work of fundamental importance in the field of orality-literacy studies. It provides a thorough and detailed theoretical account of the compositional style of oral showing that the antithetical, balancing, formulaic quality of that style is deeply rooted in the psychological nature.
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Old Wives' Tales Pbdirect - Life-Stories From Ibibioland

de Iris Andreski

33,79€ + 10% EM CARTÃO

portes grátis

 This volume is a collection of tales of life histories of 26 elderly women from Ibiboland. It obtains a first-hand record of the pattern of life and banishes the myth of primitivity of the African by illustrating the complexity of conversational language of peasants and market women.
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Interpreting Legend (Rle Folklore) - Danish Storytellers And Their Repertoires

de Timothy Tangherlini

66,23€ + 10% EM CARTÃO

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 This volume is a large collection of folk literature. It is an in-depth exploration of rural Denmark, and provides an excellent vantage point from which to understand legends in their cultural contexts and within the lives of their tellers.
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Folktales Of Newfoundland Pbdirect - The Resilience Of The Oral Tradition

de Herbert Halpert e J.D.A. Widdowson

106,79€ + 10% EM CARTÃO

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 This volume is a collection of folk culture in the Newfoundland. It explores and documents the linguistic and folkloristic traditions, dialect, mumming traditions, and narratives of Newfoundland culture. The volume is meant for a general academic readership.
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The Development Of Soviet Folkloristics Pbdirect

de Dana Howell

66,23€ + 10% EM CARTÃO

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 This volume provides an insight into the rise of folkloristics in Russia undergoing almost unprecedented changes in social and political conditions. It is a valuable resource to all non-Russian readers.
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The Ballad And The Folk (Rle Folklore)

de David Buchan

66,23€ + 10% EM CARTÃO

portes grátis

 This book shows the social context of a ballad tradition and its effects on the literature, and the functions of the literature in the social context. It explores the basic questions about the ballad and the folk through an examination of the ballads and the folk of the regional tradition.
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Interpreting History In Sino-Japanese Relations - A Case-Study In Political Decision Making

de Caroline Rose

66,23€ + 10% EM CARTÃO

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 Examines the decision-making processes of the Chinese and Japanese governments during the 'textbook issue' - a scandal involving the rewriting of Japanese school textbooks according to a biased, politically charged view of history.
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Ballad And The Folk (Rle Folklore)

de David Buchan

64,91€ + 10% EM CARTÃO

DISPONIBILIDADE IMEDIATA

 This book shows the social context of a ballad tradition and its effects on the literature, and the functions of the literature in the social context. It explores the basic questions about the ballad and the folk through an examination of the ballads and the folk of the regional tradition.
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Ballad And The Folk (Rle Folklore)

de David Buchan

64,91€ + 10% EM CARTÃO

DISPONIBILIDADE IMEDIATA

 This book shows the social context of a ballad tradition and its effects on the literature, and the functions of the literature in the social context. It explores the basic questions about the ballad and the folk through an examination of the ballads and the folk of the regional tradition.
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Brazilian Folk Narrative Scholarship Pbdirect - A Critical Survey And Selective Annotated Bibliography

de Mary Macgregor-Villarreal

62,26€ + 10% EM CARTÃO

DISPONIBILIDADE IMEDIATA

 <p>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 preoccupations, approaches and objectives of traditional narrative scholarship in Brazil; to examine Brazilian folklore scholarship in light of Euro-American research; and to point out the results and accomplishments of Brazilian research while simultaneously indicating possibilities for new directions in research.</p>
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Brazilian Folk Narrative Scholarship Pbdirect - A Critical Survey And Selective Annotated Bibliography

de Mary Macgregor-Villarreal

62,26€ + 10% EM CARTÃO

DISPONIBILIDADE IMEDIATA

 <p>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 preoccupations, approaches and objectives of traditional narrative scholarship in Brazil; to examine Brazilian folklore scholarship in light of Euro-American research; and to point out the results and accomplishments of Brazilian research while simultaneously indicating possibilities for new directions in research.</p>
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Development Of Soviet Folkloristics (Rle Folklore)

de Dana Howell

64,91€ + 10% EM CARTÃO

DISPONIBILIDADE IMEDIATA

 This volume provides an insight into the rise of folkloristics in Russia undergoing almost unprecedented changes in social and political conditions. It is a valuable resource to all non-Russian readers.
INGLÊS

Development Of Soviet Folkloristics (Rle Folklore)

de Dana Howell

64,91€ + 10% EM CARTÃO

DISPONIBILIDADE IMEDIATA

 This volume provides an insight into the rise of folkloristics in Russia undergoing almost unprecedented changes in social and political conditions. It is a valuable resource to all non-Russian readers.
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