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

Publication | Library Call Number: GR98 .A4213 2008

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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

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.
Subjects: Jews--Spain--Folklore.
Folklore--Spain.
Spain--Social life and customs.
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