Author: David P. Makhanlall
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Languages : en
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Author: V. S. Russell
Publisher: Createspace Independent Pub
ISBN: 9781477636749
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 30

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Jamaican Folk Stories are exemplified through the “keen and cunny Ashanti (West African) Spider God Anancy, but many Jamaicans know and love him as the trickify little spider man who speaks with a lisp and live by his wits, who is both comic and sinister, the hero and villain of Jamaican folk stories.”-The Hon Louise Bennett-Coverly. OJ“Bre'r Anancy and the Magic Pot" is another one of those witty tales that shows us that our human weakness and deceit can destroy us, because of our greed and stupidity, or by putting our trust and confidence in the wrong people and things. This scenario is ever so argued and according to Ms. Lou, “Anancy shows in his stories the survival tactics employed by the weak in society in order to combat the strong.” While for many more, “Anancy is just a lazy, lying, deceitful and envious, down-right wicked, good-for-nothing creature; nevertheless everyone agrees he is a loveable rascal.”

Author: Mrs Norma Gangaram
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780978030773
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Languages : en
Pages : 106

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This is the second in ten volumes of Anansi stories. There are stories about how Anansi caused fruit to grow around the world, the little white pig, the co-op farm and many more. Some of these stories are about the moon, common sense, sorrel and wisdom. Your little one will learn some valuable lessons on morality in these stories. I am sure they will have many questions for you after these stories are read.

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Category : JUVENILE FICTION
Languages : en
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Presents abridged versions of three previously-published tales of clever and crafty Spider, also called Anansi.

Author: Emily Zobel Marshall
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1783481110
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 183

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Our fascination with the trickster figure, whose presence is global, stems from our desire to break free from the tightly regimented structures of our societies. Condemned to conform to laws and rules imposed by governments, communities, social groups and family bonds, we revel in the fantasy of the trickster whose energy and cunning knows no bounds and for whom nothing is sacred. One such trickster is Brer Rabbit, who was introduced to North America through the folktales of enslaved Africans. On the plantations, Brer Rabbit, like Anansi in the Caribbean, functioned as a resistance figure for the enslaved whose trickery was aimed at undermining and challenging the plantation regime. Yet as Brer Rabbit tales moved from the oral tradition to the printed page in the late nineteenth-century, the trickster was emptied of his potentially powerful symbolism by white American collectors, authors and folklorists in their attempt to create a nostalgic fantasy of the plantation past. American Trickster offers readers a unique insight into the cultural significance of the Brer Rabbit trickster figure, from his African roots and through to his influence on contemporary culture. Exploring the changing portrayals of the trickster figure through a wealth of cultural forms including folktales, advertising, fiction and films the book scrutinises the profound tensions between the perpetuation of damaging racial stereotypes and the need to keep African-American folk traditions alive. Emily Zobel Marshall argues that Brer Rabbit was eventually reclaimed by twentieth-century African-American novelists whose protagonists ‘trick’ their way out of limiting stereotypes, break down social and cultural boundaries and offer readers practical and psychological methods for challenging the traumatic legacies of slavery and racism.

Author: P. Mitchell
Publisher: Longman
ISBN: 9780582346024
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Languages : en
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Author: Mrs Norma Jean
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780980949957
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 126

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These books were written for the enjoyment of children, especially boys. Anansi teaches many moral lessons from which to learn, that can be applied to their daily living in which to deal with life's little dilemmas. This book is the final volume in a series of ten books. Anansi, a mischievous spider, finds himself constantly learning some of the life's most important lessons. This book includes stories of Anansi interacting with different Animals that are all animals of the Guyana Rain forest. It includes Anansi showing his very vulnerable side when he was almost poisoned by Labaria snake who was much more cunning than him. Then his more human and gentler side as Anansi begs Pygmy Anteater to save him from the wrath of tiger. And yet another side of him, his greedy side when Bushmaster Snake rebukes him for being selfish. These and other Anansi stories can be found this final volume in a series of ten books.

Author: Hilda Roderick Ellis Davidson
Publisher: Hisarlik Press
ISBN:
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 202

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Papers read at a conference of the Folklore Society held at Dyffryn House, Cardiff in July 1982. Mistletoe series no. 19.

Author: Eugene Benson
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134468474
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 2597

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Post-Colonial Literatures in English, together with English Literature and American Literature, form one of the three major groupings of literature in English, and, as such, are widely studied around the world. Their significance derives from the richness and variety of experience which they reflect. In three volumes, this Encyclopedia documents the history and development of this body of work and includes original research relating to the literatures of some 50 countries and territories. In more than 1,600 entries written by more than 600 internationally recognized scholars, it explores the effect of the colonial and post-colonial experience on literatures in English worldwide.

Author: Joyce Cooper Arkhurst
Publisher: Turtleback Books
ISBN: 9780606266932
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Languages : en
Pages : 0

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For use in schools and libraries only. Presents abridged versions of three previously-published tales of clever and crafty Spider, also called Anansi.