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Italian Folktales in America: The Verbal Art of an Immigrant Woman (Wayne State
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Like new
- Seller notes
- “Like new. Never read.”
- ISBN
- 9780814321225
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Wayne State University Press
ISBN-10
0814321224
ISBN-13
9780814321225
eBay Product ID (ePID)
967376
Product Key Features
Book Title
Italian Folktales in America : the Verbal Art of an Immigrant Woman
Number of Pages
346 Pages
Language
English
Topic
European / General, Storytelling, Folklore & Mythology, Women's Studies
Publication Year
1988
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Performing Arts, Social Science, Literary Collections
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.7 in
Item Weight
28.2 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
88-006598
Dewey Edition
19
Reviews
This study is not only an exemplary presentation of folk narrative, but also a sensitive and moving view of the way folklore exists in a real person's life. Mathias and Raspa make Clementina Todesco's narratives available to the rest of us, and, equally and perhaps more important, they help us better understand the nature and character of the immigrant experience in America., The tales are indicative of a great verbal artist . . . The introductory material is extensive and competent . . . A rare case study of a folk artist over a long period.
Dewey Decimal
398.2/08951073
Synopsis
In 1941, while studying folklore at Wayne University with Professor Emelyn Gardner, Bruna Todesco collected from her mother, Clementina, the twenty-two märchen and legends presented in this book. Bruna, her mother, and her father, John, immigrated to America in 1930 from their native village of Faller in the Veneto region of northern Italy. Not just made up of the recorded texts, this book is also built on the reminiscences of that storyteller and some of her old neighbors in her birthplace, and is a record by two resourceful fieldworkers of what it takes to study memory culture. The result is a work that greatly enriches our understanding of who told (and tells) märchen to whom, why and how they are told, and, perhaps most important, under what conditions., In 1941, while studying folklore at Wayne University with Professor Emelyn Gardner, Bruna Todesco collected from her mother, Clementina, the twenty-two m'rchen and legends presented in this book. Bruna, her mother, and her father, John, immigrated to America in 1930 from their native village of Faller in the Veneto region of northern Italy. Not just made up of the recorded texts, this book is also built on the reminiscences of that storyteller and some of her old neighbors in her birthplace, and is a record by two resourceful fieldworkers of what it takes to study memory culture. The result is a work that greatly enriches our understanding of who told (and tells) m'rchen to whom, why and how they are told, and, perhaps most important, under what conditions., A collection that greatly enriches our understanding of who told (and tells) märchen (Italian folktales) to whom, why and how they are told, and, perhaps most important, under what conditions. In 1941, while studying folklore at Wayne University with Professor Emelyn Gardner, Bruna Todesco collected from her mother, Clementina, the twenty-two märchen and legends presented in this book. Bruna, her mother, and her father, John, immigrated to America in 1930 from their native village of Faller in the Veneto region of northern Italy. Not just made up of the recorded texts, this book is also built on the reminiscences of that storyteller and some of her old neighbors in her birthplace, and is a record by two resourceful fieldworkers of what it takes to study memory culture. The result is a work that greatly enriches our understanding of who told (and tells) märchen to whom, why and how they are told, and, perhaps most important, under what conditions., In 1941, while studying folklore at Wayne University with Professor Emelyn Gardner, Bruna Todesco collected from her mother, Clementina, the twenty-two märchen and legends presented in this book. Not just made up of the recorded texts, this book is also built on the reminiscences of that storyteller and some of her old neighbours.
LC Classification Number
GR111.I73M37 1988
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