Anguish of Snails Native American Folklore in the West

Name: Anguish of Snails Native American Folklore in the West
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ISBN: 9780874215564

ISBN-10: 0874215560

ISBN-13: 9780874215564

Edition: 2003

Authors: Barre Toelken, Barre Toelken

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After a career working and living with American Indians and studying their traditions, Barre Toelken has written this sweeping study of Native American folklore in the West. Within a framework of performance theory, cultural worldview, and collaborative research, he examines Native American visual arts, dance, oral tradition (story and song), humor, and patterns of thinking and discovery to demonstrate what can be gleaned from Indian traditions by Natives and non-Natives alike. In the process he considers popular distortions of Indian beliefs, demystifies many traditions by showing how they can be comprehended within their cultural contexts, considers why some aspects of Native American…

Book details

List price: $26.95
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: University Press of Colorado
Publication date: 6/1/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 216
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.60" tall
Weight: 0.880
Language: English



List of Illustrations


Dedication and Acknowledgments


She Comes Along Carrying Spears


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


Index