| Description |
xiii, 283 pages ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: why is storytelling important? -- Part I: thematic essays -- History of storytelling around the world (or the origin and early history of storytelling) -- Common storytelling elements across cultures -- Storytelling media: oral, art, and music -- Lessons stories teach us -- The birth and development of 21st-century stories -- Part II: storytelling across cultural groups -- Africa -- Ashanti -- Azande -- Baganda -- Bembe -- Berber -- Bulu -- Dahomeans -- Fjort -- Hadjerai -- Hausa -- Ju/'Hoansi bushment -- Khoikhoi/Hottentot -- Limba -- Maasai -- Malagasy -- Nandi -- Swahilil -- Yoruba -- Zulu -- South America -- Anangu Kichwa people of the Rio Napo -- Chachi (also the Cayapa) -- Inca empire -- Muisca (Chibcha) -- Runa (Canelos Quichua) -- North America -- Anishinaabe people Ojibwe, Chippewa, and Saulteaux -- Cheyenne Nations, or Tsetsehestahese -- Comanche Nation (Numunu) -- Delaware Nation (Lenape, Lenni-Lenape, Munsee) -- Hopi -- Navajo (Dine) -- Pima, Akimel O'odham -- Tohono O'Odham Nation -- Asia and Oceania -- Ainu -- Andamanese, the great -- Buryats -- Chukchee -- Enga -- iban -- Ifugao -- maori -- Nhunggabarras -- Somaip -- Wheelman -- Europe -- Basque -- Roma/Gypsies, Balkan -- Saami -- Middle East -- Bedouins, Negev -- Kurds -- Mandaeans. |
| Summary |
"This one-volume encyclopedia introduces readers to the practice of storytelling in indigenous societies around the world, providing a unique view of how global stories were told, what they were about, and how they served to entertain, educate, and shape cultures"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Subject |
Indigenous peoples -- Folklore -- Encyclopedias.
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Storytelling -- Encyclopedias.
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Oral tradition -- Encyclopedias.
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Indigenous peoples. (OCoLC)fst00970213
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Oral tradition. (OCoLC)fst01047117
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Storytelling. (OCoLC)fst01134169
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| Genre/Form |
Encyclopedias. (OCoLC)fst01423798
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| Added Author |
Coe, Kathryn, 1942- author.
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Čvorović, Jelena. Story telling around the world Santa Barbara, California : ABC-CLIO, 2022 9781440872952 (DLC) 2021036896 |
| ISBN |
9781440872945 (hardcover) |
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1440872945 (hardcover) |
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9781440872952 (ebook) |
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