Author: James Terry BratcherPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
Analytical index to " Publications of the Texas Folklore Society", volumes 1-36 in two volumes
Author: James Terry BratcherPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
Analytical Index to Publications of the Texas Folklore Society Vol. 1-36
Author: Analytical Index to " Publications of the Texas Folklore Society", Volumes 1-35. in Two Volumes
Author: James Terry BratcherPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 896
Book Description
Analytical Index to Publications of the Texas Folklore Society
Author: James T. BratcherPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Folklore
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
Analytical Index to Publications of the Texas Folklore Society
Author: James Terry BratcherPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Folklore
Languages : en
Pages : 1792
Book Description
Analytical Index to Publications of the Texas Folklore Society, Volumes 1-36
Author: James T. BratcherPublisher: University of North Texas Press
ISBN: 9780870741357
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 362
Book Description
Hoping to become famous, Broderick practices on a tongue depressor to become the world's greatest surfing mouse.
American Studies
Author: Jack SalzmanPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521266864
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 888
Book Description
This is an annotated bibliography of 20th century books through 1983, and is a reworking of American Studies: An Annotated Bibliography of Works on the Civilization of the United States, published in 1982. Seeking to provide foreign nationals with a comprehensive and authoritative list of sources of information concerning America, it focuses on books that have an important cultural framework, and does not include those which are primarily theoretical or methodological. It is organized in 11 sections: anthropology and folklore; art and architecture; history; literature; music; political science; popular culture; psychology; religion; science/technology/medicine; and sociology. Each section contains a preface introducing the reader to basic bibliographic resources in that discipline and paragraph-length, non-evaluative annotations. Includes author, title, and subject indexes. ISBN 0-521-32555-2 (set) : $150.00.
Texas Folklore Society: 1971-2000
Author: Francis Edward AbernethyPublisher: University of North Texas Press
ISBN: 9781574411225
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
This is a society that you join because you want to. The purpose of the society is to collect and make known to he public sons and ballads, superstitions, games, plays, and proverbs.
Juneteenth Texas
Author: Francis Edward AbernethyPublisher: University of North Texas Press
ISBN: 9781574410181
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
Juneteenth Texas reflects the many dimensions of African-American folklore. The personal essays are reminiscences about the past and are written from both black and white perspectives. They are followed by essays which classify and describe different aspects of African-American folk culture in Texas; studies of specific genres of folklore, such as songs and stories; studies of specific performers, such as Lightnin' Hopkins and Manse Lipscomb and of particular folklorists who were important in the collecting of African-American folklore, such as J. Mason Brewer; and a section giving resources for the further study of African Americans in Texas.
Xurt'an
Author: Suzanne CookPublisher: U of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 1496216393
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 504
Book Description
Xurt’an (the end of the world) showcases the rich storytelling traditions of the northern Lacandones of Naha’ through a collection of traditional narratives, songs, and ritual speech. Formerly isolated in the dense, tropical rainforest of Chiapas, Mexico, the Lacandon Maya constitute one of the smallest language groups in the world. Although their language remains active and alive, their traditional culture was abandoned after the death of their religious and civic leader in 1996. Lacking the traditional contexts in which the culture was transmitted, the oral traditions are quickly being forgotten. This collection includes creation myths that describe the cycle of destruction and renewal of the world, the structure of the universe, the realms of the gods and their intercessions in the affairs of their mortals, and the journey of the souls after death. Other traditional stories are non-mythic and fictive accounts involving talking animals, supernatural beings, and malevolent beings that stalk and devour hapless victims. In addition to traditional narratives, Xurt’an presents many songs that are claimed to have been received from the Lord of Maize, magical charms that invoke the forces of the natural world, invocations to the gods to heal and protect, and work songs of Lacandon women, whose contribution to Lacandon culture has been hitherto overlooked by scholars. Women’s songs offer a rare glimpse into the other half of Lacandon society and the arduous distaff work that sustained the religion. The compilation concludes with descriptions of rainbows, the Milky Way as “the white road of Our Lord,” and an account of the solstices. Transcribed and translated by a foremost linguist of the northern Lacandon language, the literary traditions of the Lacandones are finally accessible to English readers. The result is a masterful and authoritative collection of oral literature that will both entertain and provoke, while vividly testifying to the power of Lacandon Maya aesthetic expression.