A Motif Index Of Traditional Polynesian Narratives
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A Motif Index Of Traditional Polynesian Narratives
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Author : Bacil F. Kirtley
language : en
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Release Date : 2019-09-30
A Motif Index Of Traditional Polynesian Narratives written by Bacil F. Kirtley and has been published by University of Hawaii Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-09-30 with Reference categories.
This reference work analyzes and classifies the story themes of Polynesian myths, tales, and legends according to an internationally employed system developed by Stith Thompson in his Motif Index of Folk-Literature ( 1955-1958). Thousands of tales, including those from almost all of the major original collections from the Polynesian area, have been examined and their thematic contents cataloged in this work. In his introduction, the author explains the concept of the motif as a basis for cataloging. He quotes from Professor Thompson's definition of a motif: “the smallest element in a tale having the power to persist in tradition,” for example, gods, marvelous creatures, magic objects, and certain kinds of incidents. The author believes “the function of an index of motifs is to cite bibliographical sources of narratives containing these viable (often irreducible) story elements, and thus to provide the investigator of specific story ideas with comparative Information.” The present work is an attempt to survey thoroughly the totality of Polynesian oral tradition and to indicate the distribution and relationships of narrative materials. Not since the publication of Roland B. Dixon's work on Oceanic mythology in 1916 has this been attempted. This index will be an invaluable reference tool for anyone doing research in Oceanic ethnology and folklore.
Motif Index Of The Polynesian Melanesian And Micronesian Narratives
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Author : Bacil F. Kirtley
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1980-11
Motif Index Of The Polynesian Melanesian And Micronesian Narratives written by Bacil F. Kirtley and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1980-11 with Social Science categories.
Storytelling
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Author : Josepha Sherman
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2015-03-26
Storytelling written by Josepha Sherman and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-03-26 with History categories.
Storytelling is an ancient practice known in all civilizations throughout history. Characters, tales, techniques, oral traditions, motifs, and tale types transcend individual cultures - elements and names change, but the stories are remarkably similar with each rendition, highlighting the values and concerns of the host culture. Examining the stories and the oral traditions associated with different cultures offers a unique view of practices and traditions."Storytelling: An Encyclopedia of Mythology and Folklore" brings past and present cultures of the world to life through their stories, oral traditions, and performance styles. It combines folklore and mythology, traditional arts, history, literature, and festivals to present an overview of world cultures through their liveliest and most fascinating mode of expression. This appealing resource includes specific storytelling techniques as well as retellings of stories from various cultures and traditions.
Finding Is The First Act
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Author : John Dominic Crossan
language : en
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Release Date : 2008-03-01
Finding Is The First Act written by John Dominic Crossan and has been published by Wipf and Stock Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-03-01 with Religion categories.
An imaginative and illuminating study, Finding Is the First Act places historical thinking in creative tension with literary appreciation. The structures of Jesus's parable of the hidden treasure (Matt 13:44) are examined by mapping its plot options (finding, acting, buying) in view of other Jewish treasure stories and the vast array of treasure plots in world folklore. Startling differences emerge in the plot options chosen by Jesus that point to a new understanding of the directive to give up all one has for the Kingdom of God. "Why Jesus' treasure parable? For three reasons that I am aware of. First, . . . the story has always fascinated me. . . . Second, in recent work on parables there has often been a tendency to concentrate especially on the longer parables of Jesus. I wanted deliberately to move in theopposite direction and to give full emphasis to a very short parable . . . . Third, this particular parable, in contrast, for example, to that of The Mustard Seed, does not furnish much grist for the diachronic mill of biblical studies. I was deliberately choosing an item which, in isolation from its Matthean context, could hardly sustain a monograph study along the standard lines of tradition criticism." --from the Preface
Tales From The Trobriand Islands Of Papua New Guinea
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Author : Gunter Senft
language : en
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company
Release Date : 2015-08-05
Tales From The Trobriand Islands Of Papua New Guinea written by Gunter Senft and has been published by John Benjamins Publishing Company this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-08-05 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
This volume presents 22 tales from the Trobriand Islands told by children (boys between the age of 5 and 9 years) and adults. The monograph is motivated not only by the anthropological linguistic aim to present a broad and quite unique collection of tales with the thematic approach to illustrate which topics and themes constitute the content of the stories, but also by the psycholinguistic and textlinguistic questions of how children acquire linearization and other narrative strategies, how they develop them and how they use them to structure these texts in an adult-like way. The tales are presented in morpheme-interlinear transcriptions with first textlinguistic analyses and cultural background information necessary to fully understand them. A summarizing comparative analysis of the texts from a psycholinguistic, anthropological linguistic and philological point of view discusses the underlying schemata of the stories, the means narrators use to structure them, their structural complexity and their cultural specificity.
Introduction To Library Research In Anthropology
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Author : John M. Weeks
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2019-04-11
Introduction To Library Research In Anthropology written by John M. Weeks and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-04-11 with Social Science categories.
This book is an introduction to library research in anthropology written primarily for the undergraduate student about to begin a research project. It contains a summary description of the type of resource being discussed and its potential use in a research project.
Oral Traditions Of Southeast Asia And Oceania
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Author : Herman C. Kemp
language : en
Publisher: Yayasan Obor Indonesia
Release Date : 2004
Oral Traditions Of Southeast Asia And Oceania written by Herman C. Kemp and has been published by Yayasan Obor Indonesia this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Social Science categories.
One Thousand One Papua New Guinean Nights Tales From 1986 1997 Indices Glossary References And Maps
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Author : Thomas H. Slone
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2001
One Thousand One Papua New Guinean Nights Tales From 1986 1997 Indices Glossary References And Maps written by Thomas H. Slone and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with Folklore categories.
A two-volume collection of folktales that were published in Papua New Guinea's Wantok newspaper. The two-volume collection presents the complete set of 1047 folktales that were originally published from 1972 through 1997 in Tok Pisin.
Unity Of Heart
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Author : Keith Chambers
language : en
Publisher: Waveland Press
Release Date : 2000-10-05
Unity Of Heart written by Keith Chambers and has been published by Waveland Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000-10-05 with Social Science categories.
Thousands of years ago, Polynesian voyagers discovered and settled Nanumea atoll, a tiny cluster of coral islets in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. The community prospered, first evolving into a traditional culture finely tuned to the atolls limited environment and then weathering new changes imposed by missionaries, colonial officials, and Westernization itself. Now one of eight separate island communities comprising the modern Pacific nation of Tuvalu, Nanumea faces new challenges: rising sea levels, globalization, and massive social and economic changes. Using personal stories that evoke the difficulties and excitement of fieldwork, Keith and Anne Chambers draw on more than twenty-five years of ethnographic research in Nanumea to craft an engaging account of Nanumean culture and social organization. Readers will come to appreciate how the communitys intense sharing obligations, service-oriented chieftainship, and a flexible system of extensive kinship reckoning define a lifestyle that differs fundamentally from modern Western society.
Historical Dictionary Of Polynesia
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Author : Robert D. Craig
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 2011
Historical Dictionary Of Polynesia written by Robert D. Craig and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with History categories.
The term Polynesia refers to a cultural and geographical area in the Pacific Ocean, bound by what is commonly referred to as the Polynesian Triangle, which consists of Hawai'i in the north, New Zealand in the southwest, and Easter Island in the southeast. Thousands of islands are scattered throughout this area, most of which are currently included in one of the modern island states of American Samoa, Cook Islands, French Polynesia, Hawai'i, New Zealand, Samoa, Tonga, Tokelau, Tuvalu, and Wallis and Futuna. The third edition of the Historical Dictionary of Polynesia greatly expands on the previous editions through a chronology, an introductory essay, an expansive bibliography, and over 400 cross-referenced dictionary entries on significant persons, events, places, organizations, and other aspects of Polynesian history from the earliest times to the present. Appendixes of the major islands and atolls within Polynesia, the rulers and administrators of the 13 major island states, and basic demographic information of those states are also included.