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Folktales of Egypt by Hasan M. El-shamy (Paperback, 1982)
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In this book Hasan M. El-Shamy has gathered the first authentic new collection of modern Egyptian folk narratives to appear in nearly a century. El-Shamy's English translations of these orally presented stories not only preserve their spirit, but give Middle Eastern lore the scholarly attention it has long deserved. This collection of seventy recently collected Egyptian tales is a major contribution to African studies and to international distribution studies of folktales. In the face of the recent anthropological trend to use folkloric materials for extra-folkloric purposes, the preeminence of the text must be asserted once more, and these are obviously authentic, straightforwardly translated, fully documented as to date of collection and social category of informant, and for all that . . . readable. ?Daniel J. Crowley, Research in African Literatures Western knowledge of virtually all facets of contemporary Egyptian culture, much less the roots of that culture, is woefully inadequate. By providing an interesting, varied, and readable collection of Egyptian folktales and offering clear and sensible accounts of their background and meaning, this book renders a valuable service indeed. ?Kenneth J. Perkins, International Journal of Oral HistoryProduct Identifiers
PublisherThe University of Chicago Press
ISBN-139780226206257
eBay Product ID (ePID)95990236
Product Key Features
Number of Pages406 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameFolktales of Egypt
Publication Year1982
SubjectMythology
TypeTextbook
AuthorHasan M. El-Shamy
FormatPaperback
Dimensions
Item Height220 mm
Item Weight578 g
Item Width141 mm
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States
Title_AuthorHasan M. El-Shamy
Series TitleFolktales of the World FW (CHUP)
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