Jewish Moroccan Folk Narratives from Israel

Name: Jewish Moroccan Folk Narratives from Israel
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ISBN: 9780814324431

ISBN-10: 0814324436

ISBN-13: 9780814324431

Edition: 1993

Authors: Haya Bar-Itzhak, Aliza Shenhar, Miriam Widman

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This study presents a unique selection of folk narratives of Moroccan Jews in Israel. The narratives were recorded as part of a research project undertaken in the development town of Shlomi, Israel.Jewish Moroccan Folk Narratives from Israel focuses on two central elements: textual research to examine the aesthetic qualities of the narrative, their division into genres, the various versions and their parallels, and acculturation in Israel; and contextual research to examine the performance art of the narrator and the role of the narrative as a communicative process in the narrating society. The collection includes twenty-one narratives by twelve storytellers; an account of the narrators'…

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List price: $24.95
Copyright year: 1993
Publisher: Wayne State University Press
Publication date: 10/1/1993
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 208
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.25" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.748
Language: English



Introduction


The Patient Wife



The Tales of Mother Alaguz



Never Trust the Dark Haired Man



The King, the Vizier, and the Clever Jew



Smeda Rmeda



My Sister Massuda and my Brother Massud



The Miracle That Occurred between Purim and Pessah



The Birth of the Maharal



Rabbi Haim Ben-Atar



What Is Written in Heaven Cannot Be Wiped Out



Queen Alfahima



Smeda Rmeda Who Was Turned into a Dove



The Clever Girl



Who Is Unclean



The Story of Rabbi Haim Pinto



If God Cares for Me, He Will Punch a Hole in the Ceiling and Pour Down Riches



Juha Sells His House



Rabbi Abraham Iben Ezra Is Sold into Slavery



The Tailor's Son and the Magic Lantern



The Purim Miracle



Nobody Can Escape His Fate



Bibliography



Type Index



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