The anguish of snails : Native American folklore in the West /

The anguish of snails : Native American folklore in the West /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Toelken, Barre, 1935-2018
Corporate Author: NetLibrary, Inc
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Logan, Utah : Utah State University Press, [2003]
Series:Folklife of the West ; v. 2.
Subjects:
Indians of North America > West (U.S.) > Folklore.
Folklore > Performance > West (U.S.)
Folklore > West (U.S.) > Classification.
Oral tradition > West (U.S.)
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Prologue: the snail's clues
  • Cultural patterns in Native American folklore: an introduction
  • Visual patterns of performance: arts
  • Kinetic patterns of performance: dance
  • Oral patterns of performance: story and song
  • Patterns and themes in Native humor
  • Cultural patterns of discovery
  • Epilogue: "gleaning" and the active audience.