Author: Publisher: Cambria Press
ISBN: 1621969916
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 342
Book Description
Afghan Folktales from Herat
Author: Publisher: Cambria Press
ISBN: 1621969916
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 342
Book Description
Afghan Folktales from Herat
Author: I︠U︡liĭ Arkadʹevich Ioannesi︠a︡nPublisher:
ISBN: 9781624992315
Category : SOCIAL SCIENCE
Languages : en
Pages : 341
Book Description
Presents a collection of folktales in the Herati dialect of the Afghan Persian language, in Latin-based transliteration and English translation, supplied by phonetic and grammatical commentaries, explanations of cultural terms, and preceded by an introduction with a review of the Herati dialect. Based on academically informed fieldwork and presented in a scientific fashion, the materials were collected by the author during field research in Afghanistan in the 1980s from illiterate dialect speakers (a category which has preserved the dialect the most in terms of purity and entirety).
Afghan Folktales from Herat
Author: I͡Uliĭ Arkadʹevich Ioannesi͡anPublisher:
ISBN: 9781604976526
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 319
Book Description
Presents a collection of folktales in the Herati dialect of the Afghan Persian language, in Latin-based transliteration and English translation, supplied by phonetic and grammatical commentaries, explanations of cultural terms, and preceded by an introduction with a review of the Herati dialect. Based on academically informed fieldwork and presented in a scientific fashion, the materials were collected by the author during field research in Afghanistan in the 1980s from illiterate dialect speakers (a category which has preserved the dialect the most in terms of purity and entirety).
Folk Tales of Afghanistan
Author: Asha DharFolktales Told Around the World
Author: Richard M. DorsonPublisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 022637534X
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 661
Book Description
All the selections in Richard M. Dorson's Folktales Told around the World were recorded by expert collectors, and the majority of them are published here for the first time. The tales presented are told in Africa, Asia, the Middle East, Europe, North and South America, and Oceania. Unlike other collections derived in large part from literary texts, this volume meets the criteria of professional folklorists in assembling only authentic examples of folktales as they were orally told. Background information, notes on the narrators, and scholarly commentaries are provided to establish the folkloric character of the tales.
Oral Narrative in Afghanistan
Author: Margaret A. MillsPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1000103919
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 574
Book Description
This book, first published in 1990, studies the oral fiction entertainments of Afghanistan by focusing on aspects of the oral narrative process which can be observed in individual performances.
Rhetorics and Politics in Afghan Traditional Storytelling
Author: Margaret A. MillsPublisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN: 1512804703
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 408
Book Description
This book presents an ethnopoetic translation and an interpretation of an evening of storytelling which took place in rural Afghanistan in 1975. Three years before the Marxist coup, two Muslim elders from Herat province were asked by a Marxist subgovernor to spend an evening telling traditional stories to an American woman. The storytellers wittily integrated themes of sense and nonsense, gender and sexuality, religion and public and private social control in thirteen recorded stories, here translated in full. In interpreting texts, Margaret A. Mills argues for a rhetorical sophistication among adept traditional performers which enables them to mount performances of traditional materials which are highly, and in this case slyly, sensitive to the political and social identities of self and audience. Such identities are in part negotiated and constructed via the performances. Noting that Afghan culture has traditionally posited noninstitutional religious authority against central government institutions, Mills points out certain ironies and tensions which recur as the stories unfold in the presence of the government bureaucrat. Using this evening of stories as an example, the author asserts that the creation of narrative meaning makes use of both intertextual and interpersonal relationships. This extended performance suggests Afghan perspectives on the integration of narrative and social critique, of religious authority and private ethics, of the real and the fantastic, the serious and the ludicrous, which challenge common western notions about genres of literary production (written and oral) and social interaction.
Encyclopedia of Asian American Folklore and Folklife [3 volumes]
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Author: Jonathan H. X. LeePublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 0313350671
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 1498
Book Description
This comprehensive compilation of entries documents the origins, transmissions, and transformations of Asian American folklore and folklife. Equally instructive and intriguing, the Encyclopedia of Asian American Folklore and Folklife provides an illuminating overview of Asian American folklore as a way of life. Surveying the histories, peoples, and cultures of numerous Asian American ethnic and cultural groups, the work covers everything from ancient Asian folklore, folktales, and folk practices that have been transmitted and transformed in America to new expressions of Asian American folklore and folktales unique to the Asian American historical and contemporary experiences. The encyclopedia's three comprehensive volumes cover an extraordinarily wide range of Asian American cultural and ethnic groups, as well as mixed-race and mixed-heritage Asian Americans. Each group section is introduced by a historical overview essay followed by short entries on topics such as ghosts and spirits, clothes and jewelry, arts and crafts, home decorations, family and community, religious practices, rituals, holidays, music, foodways, literature, traditional healing and medicine, and much, much more. Topics and theories are examined from crosscultural and interdisciplinary perspectives to add to the value of the work.
To Herat and Cabul
Author: G. A. 1832-1902 HentyPublisher: Nabu Press
ISBN: 9781295404803
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 412
Book Description
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
Afghanistan Under Siege
Author: Bojan SavicPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1788317947
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 259
Book Description
In this book, based on field work undertaken in Afghanistan itself and through engagement with postcolonial theory, Bojan Savic critiques western intervention in Afghanistan by showing how its casting of Afghan natives as “dangerous” has created a power network which fractures the country – in echoes of 19th and 20th century colonial powers in the region. Savic also offers an analysis of how and by what means global security priorities have affected Afghan lives.