Romancing the Real : : Folklore and Ethnographic Representation in North Africa / / Sabra J. Webber.
One of the goals of the "new" or experimental ethnography is to illuminate the unique historical, social, and political situation of a people from their own multifaceted perspectives. As part of the effort to reach this goal, ethnographers are learning to listen in various keys to what mem...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Pennsylvania Press Package Archive 1898-1999 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2016] ©1992 |
| Year of Publication: | 2016 |
| Edition: | Reprint 2016 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Publications of the American Folklore Society
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (320 p.) :; 5 illus. |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- Preface: The Presence of the Past or Romancing the Real
- Notes on Transliteration and Performative Aspects of Narration
- Introduction: Hikayat and Social "Structures of Feeling"
- 1. Kelibia in Space and Time
- 2. The Structure of Male Storytelling Events
- 3. Dramatis Personae: Walis, Dervishes, Heroes, and Clowns
- 4. In Defense of (Maghribi) Folklore
- Final Remarks
- Appendix: Transliterated Dialogues
- References
- Subject Index