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The heart is a mirror : the Sephardic folktale / Tamar Alexander-Frizer.

Publication | Library Call Number: GR98 .A4213 2008
Book cover
Uniform Title
Maʻaśeh ahuv ṿa-ḥetsi. English
Series
Raphael Patai series in Jewish folklore and anthropology
Raphael Patai series in Jewish folklore and anthropology.
Format
Book
Author/Creator
Alexander-Frizer, Tamar.
Published
Detroit : Wayne State University Press, c2008
Locale
Spain
Language
English
External Link
Table of contents only

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Physical Description
xiv, 690 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents
Folk literature as an expression of ethnic identity
The corpus of tales
The correlation with Hebrew sources
The connection to the land of origin
The linkage to the surrounding culture
The legend
Ethical tales
The fairy tale
The novella
The humorous tale
The performance art of the storyteller
The audience as a factor in shaping the story
Circumstances of time and place
Epilogue : gaps and bridges between researcher and storyteller.
ISBN
9780814329719
0814329713 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Notes
Includes bibliographical references (p. [631]-658) and indexes.
Folk literature as an expression of ethnic identity -- The corpus of tales -- The correlation with Hebrew sources -- The connection to the land of origin -- The linkage to the surrounding culture -- The legend -- Ethical tales -- The fairy tale -- The novella -- The humorous tale -- The performance art of the storyteller -- The audience as a factor in shaping the story -- Circumstances of time and place -- Epilogue : gaps and bridges between researcher and storyteller.

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