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Animal Tales from the Caribbean (Paperback): George List

Animal Tales from the Caribbean (Paperback)

George List; Edited by John Holmes McDowell, Juan Sebastian Rojas E; Contributions by Hasan M.El- Shamy

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These twenty-one animal tales from the Colombian Caribbean coast represent a sampling of the traditional stories that are told during all-night funerary wakes. The tales are told in the semi-sacred space of the patio (backyard) of homes as part of the funerary ritual that includes other aesthetic and expressive practices such as jokes, song games, board games, and prayer. In this volume these stories are situated within their performance contexts and represent a highly ritualized corpus of oral knowledge that for centuries has been preserved and cultivated by African-descendant populations in the Americas. Ethnomusicologist George List collected these tales throughout his decades-long fieldwork amongst the rural costenos, a chiefly African-descendent population, in the mid-20th century and, with the help of a research team, transcribed and translated them into English before his death in 2008. In this volume, John Holmes McDowell and Juan Sebastian Rojas E. have worked to bring this previously unpublished manuscript to light, providing commentary on the transcriptions and translations, additional cultural context through a new introduction, and further typological and cultural analysis by Hasan M. El-Shamy. Supplementing the transcribed and translated texts are links to the original Spanish recordings of the stories, allowing readers to follow along and experience the traditional telling of the tales for themselves.

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Imprint: Indiana University Press
Country of origin: United States
Release date: September 2017
First published: 2017
Authors: George List
Editors: John Holmes McDowell • Juan Sebastian Rojas E
Contributors: Hasan M.El- Shamy
Dimensions: 229 x 152mm (L x W)
Format: Paperback - Trade
Pages: 258
ISBN-13: 978-0-253-03113-6
Categories: Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Myths & mythology
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social institutions > Customs & folklore > Folklore
Books > Religion & Spirituality > Myths & mythology
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LSN: 0-253-03113-3
Barcode: 9780253031136

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