International Folkloristics – serie
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19 produkter
Metamorphosis
The Dynamics of Symbolism in European Fairy Tales
Häftad, 2002
428 kr
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Folklorists have become renowned for concentrating on aspects of form and classification to the detriment of content and meaning. Metamorphosis: The Dynamics of Symbolism in European Fairy Tales seeks to reverse this tendency in showing, through an examination of the folkloric data, that European …
Baba Yaga
The Ambiguous Mother and Witch of the Russian Folktale
Häftad, 2004
478 kr
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Baba Yaga is a well-known witch from the folklore tradition of Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus. A fascinating and colorful character, she resembles witches of other traditions but is in many ways unique. Living in the forest in a hut that stands and moves on chicken legs, she travels in a mortar with …
Archeology of Intangible Heritage
Häftad, 2008
643 kr
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It is remarkable how often we consider certain constructs in other peoples’ worldview to be «myths», while in our own case we regard equally arbitrary assumptions as inherent to the nature of things. As every anthropologist knows, one’s most cherished cultural assumptions tend to remain implicit; …
Widespread Idioms in Europe and Beyond
Toward a Lexicon of Common Figurative Units
Inbunden, 2012
1570 kr
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This groundbreaking book in theoretical and empirical phraseology research looks at Europe’s linguistic situation as a whole, including 74 European and 17 non-European languages. The occurrence of idioms that actually share the same lexical and semantic structure across a large number of languages …
Russkie Poslovitsy
Russian Proverbs in Literature, Politics, and Pedagogy- Festschrift for Kevin J. McKenna in Celebration of His Sixty-Fifth Birthday
Inbunden, 2012
945 kr
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This unique Festschrift in honor of Professor Kevin J. McKenna on the occasion of his sixty-fifth birthday is different from most such celebratory essay volumes in that it does not consist of essays from various authors but is rather a collection of fourteen of his most significant publications on …
Proverbs Are Never Out of Season
Popular Wisdom in the Modern Age
Häftad, 2012
475 kr
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This book takes an engaging look at the significance of traditional proverbs and their variation in the modern world. From sales pitch to propagandistic tool, Wolfgang Mieder looks at how we adapt proverbs to rapidly changing social attitudes – the original wording of proverbs changes to fit modern …
Proverbs
A Handbook
Häftad, 2012
485 kr
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The book comprises a comprehensive survey of the multifaceted nature of proverbs as colorful expressions of folk wisdom. The first part deals with the definition and classification of proverbs, including such matters as proverb markers and meanings, origin and dissemination, traditional forms …
Japanese Animal-Wife Tales
Narrating Gender Reality in Japanese Folktale Tradition
Inbunden, 2014
1039 kr
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A familiar, beloved, and yet misunderstood character in the Japanese folktale tradition is the animal-woman, an earthly animal that assumes the form of a female human. In order to articulate the characteristics that make Japanese Animal-Wife tales unique, this trailblazing book Japanese Animal-Wife …
Lexicon of Common Figurative Units
Widespread Idioms in Europe and Beyond. Volume II
Inbunden, 2016
983 kr
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The book continues the work of Widespread Idioms in Europe and Beyond (2012) and also brings new insights into the similarities of the European languages. Using comprehensive data from 78 European and some non-European languages, another 280 “widespread idioms” have been analyzed in terms of their …
Two Thousand Zhuang Proverbs from China with Annotations and Chinese and English Translation
Av Zhou Yanxian
Inbunden, 2016
1304 kr
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China is home to one of the largest and oldest societies in the world, and presently contains fifty-six ethnic groups. Among them is the Zhuang, the largest of the minority populations, which partakes in a very long history of preliterate oral traditions. This volume presents an introduction to …
Dagara Verbal Art
An African Tradition
Av Paschal Kyoore, Wolfgang Mieder
Inbunden, 2018
1451 kr
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Dagara Verbal Art examines verbal art among the Dagara people of West Africa. It provides invaluable primary material for research, and does a close analysis of folktale narration, proverb usage, riddling, chanting of dirges and popular songs by male and female praise singers, and xylophone music …
Contexts of Folklore
Festschrift for Dan Ben-Amos on His Eighty-Fifth Birthday
Av Simon Bronner, Wolfgang Mieder
Inbunden, 2019
1485 kr
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Dan Ben-Amos famously ushered in the performance turn in folklore studies in the 1970s with his paradigm-changing definition of folklore as "artistic communication in small groups." He went on to make profound contributions to issues of folktale, folk speech, genre, cultural memory, biblical and …
Transatlantic Culture Trade
Caribbean Creole Proverbs from Africa, Europe, and the Caribbean
Av Desrine Bogle, Wolfgang Mieder
Inbunden, 2020
573 kr
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This unique collection, The Transatlantic Culture Trade: Caribbean Creole Proverbs from Africa, Europe, and the Caribbean, celebrates indigenous Caribbean Creole languages and one of their associated cultural vectors, Creole proverbs. It is particularly timely as 2019 has been designated by the …
Worldview of Modern American Proverbs
Inbunden, 2020
1264 kr
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There was a time when the word "modern" would not have appeared in folklore scholarship in general and in proverb studies in particular. After all, folklorists and cultural historians were primarily interested in traditional materials with some consideration also being given to their innovative …
Dungan Folktales and Legends
Av Kenneth J. Yin, Wolfgang Mieder
Inbunden, 2021
1151 kr
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Dungan Folktales and Legends is a unique anthology that acquaints English-speaking readers with the rich and captivating folk stories of the Dungans, Chinese-speaking Muslims who fled Northwest China for Russian Central Asia after failure of the Dungan Revolt (1862–1877) against the Qing dynasty. …
Magic Love
Fairy Tales from Twenty-First Century China
Av Juwen Zhang
Inbunden, 2021
1184 kr
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This book presents a unique collection of fairy tales from contemporary China, translated into English for the first time. Demonstrating the continuity of oral tradition throughout Chinese history, the thirty tales are selected according to the theme of "magic love." Many readers are familiar with …
Contemporary Kazakh Proverb Research
Digital, Cognitive, Literary, and Ecological Approaches
Av Gulnara Omarbekova, Erik Aasland
Häftad, 2022
357 kr
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This edited volume is a feast of contemporary Kazakh proverb research. You are invited to the low table, the Kazakh dastarkhan, where special dishes cover the table. Everything is within easy reach, and each of the delicacies is homemade, with a distinctive Kazakh flavor. Whether you are a …
Ahmad Taymour’s Colloquial Proverbs
An English Translation
Av Hilda Matta, Carolyn Dundes m. fl.
Inbunden, 2024
1070 kr
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Among the many collections of Egyptian proverbs, the standout is this compilation by Ahmad Taymour, a pioneer and leading figure in the field of paremiology. The Colloquial Proverbs was first published in 1949 and includes 3,188 proverbs, along with explanatory notes. Since publication the book has …
Bajanyms
Toponymic Idioms in Barbadian English and Bajan
Inbunden, 2026
485 kr
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Drawing on amateur glossaries as well as scholarly dictionaries, this book explores the idiomatic use of toponyms, or place names, either tied to Barbados or connected to the island’s colonial legacy, while chronicling its lexicographic tradition. By tracing their etymological origin and …
