Traces the familiar tale from its folklore origins, through its literary shaping in the 1700s, the moral instruction and lavish illustrations of the 1800s, to the modern psychological interpretations in books, movies, and television. Isolates common motives in such elements as c…
A traditionally nomadic people, the Irish Travellers have experienced a long history of marginalization and discrimination in modern Ireland. This volume explores colonisation as an unresolved trauma which has contributed to this marginalisation of Travel.
Word Mingas is an English-language translation by Paul M. Worley and Melissa Birkhofer of the award-winning book Mingas de la palabra written by Miguel Rocha Vivas (Casa de las Américas, 2016). It is an encompassing study of oralitures, multilayered cultural knowledge shared thr…
Mirrored visions and oralitegraphies in a "new" reading of Colombia's cartography -- Oraliture and traditional literary genres: the oraliterary projects of Elicura Chihuailaf and Fredy Chikangana -- Oraliture in Hugo Jamioy Juajibioy: an oralitegraphic reading of Bínÿbe oboyejua…
"The mingas are traditional Indigenous meetings in which community members can come together to support each other in any kind of labor. In Colombia's Andean Southeast the mingas or minkas, a word that comes from Quechua-Aymara languages, are a prominent activity in projects tha…
"This book focuses on the performance of oral epics and explores its significance for interpretation. The discussion is also relevant for the understanding of medieval and earlier oral-derived epics. The study is based on field-work on the oral traditions of the Turkic peoples o…
This book focuses on the performance of oral epics and explores the significance of performance features for the interpretation of epic poetry. The leading question of the book is how the socio-cultural context of performance and the various performance elements contribute to th…
Although problems of orality have been much discussed by medievalists, there is to date no comprehensive handbook on this topic. In 'Medieval Oral Literature' in the 'De Gruyter Lexikon' series, an international team of scholars has provided an in-depth discussion both of theore…
Although problems of orality have been much discussed by medievalists, there is to date no comprehensive handbook on this topic. In 'Medieval Oral Literature' in the 'De Gruyter Lexikon' series, an international team of scholars has provided an in-depth discussion both of theore…
