Author: Vance RandolphPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : American wit and humor
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
We Always Lie to Strangers
Author: Vance RandolphPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : American wit and humor
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
We Always Lie to Strangers
Author: Vance RandolphPublisher: Praeger
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
We Always Lie to Strangers
Author: Vance RandolphPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Arkansas
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Typescript, with corrections in ink, of Vance Randolph's book on folklore, We Always Lie to Strangers,
We Always Lie to Strangers. Tall Tales from the Ozarks. Illustrated by Glen Rounds
Author: Vance RandolphTalking to Strangers
Author: Malcolm GladwellPublisher: Little, Brown
ISBN: 0316535621
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
Malcolm Gladwell, host of the podcast Revisionist History and author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Outliers, offers a powerful examination of our interactions with strangers and why they often go wrong—now with a new afterword by the author. A Best Book of the Year: The Financial Times, Bloomberg, Chicago Tribune, and Detroit Free Press How did Fidel Castro fool the CIA for a generation? Why did Neville Chamberlain think he could trust Adolf Hitler? Why are campus sexual assaults on the rise? Do television sitcoms teach us something about the way we relate to one another that isn’t true? Talking to Strangers is a classically Gladwellian intellectual adventure, a challenging and controversial excursion through history, psychology, and scandals taken straight from the news. He revisits the deceptions of Bernie Madoff, the trial of Amanda Knox, the suicide of Sylvia Plath, the Jerry Sandusky pedophilia scandal at Penn State University, and the death of Sandra Bland—throwing our understanding of these and other stories into doubt. Something is very wrong, Gladwell argues, with the tools and strategies we use to make sense of people we don’t know. And because we don’t know how to talk to strangers, we are inviting conflict and misunderstanding in ways that have a profound effect on our lives and our world. In his first book since his #1 bestseller David and Goliath, Malcolm Gladwell has written a gripping guidebook for troubled times.
American Negro Folktales
Author: Richard M. DorsonPublisher: Courier Dover Publications
ISBN: 0486796809
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
Rich anthology of African-American folklore offers scores of humorous and harrowing stories. Collected during the mid-20th century, the tales tell of talking animals, ghosts, devils, and saints.
Swapping Stories
Author: Lindahl, CarlPublisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi
ISBN: 9781604736755
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 462
Book Description
Here are more than two hundred oral tales from some of Louisiana's finest storytellers. In this comprehensive volume of great range are transcriptions of narratives in many genres, from diverse voices, and from all regions of the state. Told in settings ranging from the front porch to the festival stage, these tales proclaim the great vitality and variety of Louisiana's oral narrative traditions. Given special focus are Harold Talbert, Lonnie Gray, Bel Abbey, Ben Guiné, and Enola Matthews--whose wealth of imagination, memory, and artistry demonstrates the depth as well as the breadth of the storyteller's craft. For tales told in Cajun and Creole French, Koasati, and Spanish, the editors have supplied both the original language and English translation. To the volume Maida Owens has contributed an overview of Louisiana's folk culture and a survey of folklife studies of various regions of the state. Car Lindahl's introduction and notes discuss the various genres and styles of storytelling common in Louisiana and link them with the worldwide are of the folktale.
Storytellers
Author: John A. BurrisonPublisher: University of Georgia Press
ISBN: 9780820312675
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 404
Book Description
Presents 260 of the rural South's best stories collected over a twenty year period, with their roots in Anglo-Saxon, African-American, and Native American traditions
Cajun and Creole Folktales
Author: Barry Jean AnceletPublisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi
ISBN: 9780878057092
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
The largest and most diverse collection of Louisiana folktales ever published
Folklore: The Basics
Author: Simon J. BronnerPublisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1317420985
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
Folklore: The Basics is an engaging guide to the practice and interpretation of folklore. Taking examples from around the world, it explores the role of folklore in expressing fundamental human needs, desires, and anxieties that often are often not revealed through other means. Providing a clear framework for approaching the study of folklore, it introduces the reader to methodologies for identifying, documenting, interpreting and applying key information about folklore and its relevance to modern life. From the Brothers Grimm to Internet Memes, it addresses such topics as: What is folklore? How do we study it? Why does folklore matter? How does folklore relate to elite culture? Is folklore changing in a digital age? With case studies, suggestions for reading and a glossary of key terminology, Folklore: The Basics supports readers in becoming familiar with folkloric traditions and interpret cultural expression. It is an essential read for anyone approaching the study of folklore for the first time.