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Speak, bird, speak again : Palestinian Arab folktales / [edited and translated by] Ibrahim Muhawi and Sharif Kanaana.

Kanهa°nah, Sharهif. Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: Arabic Publication details: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©1989.Description: 1 online resource (xix, 420 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780520908734
  • 0520908732
  • 058513541X
  • 9780585135410
  • 0520058631
  • 9780520058637
  • 0520062922
  • 9780520062924
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Speak, bird, speak again.DDC classification:
  • 398.2/095694 19
LOC classification:
  • GR285 .S64 1989eb
NLM classification:
  • 398.20956 M952s
Other classification:
  • 18.71
  • 17.98
  • 18.74
  • EN 2730
  • EN 2910
Online resources:
Contents:
Foreword; Acknowledgments; Note on Transliteration; Key to References; Introduction; THE TALES; Notes on Presentation and Translation; Group I: Individuals; Children and Parents; 1. Tunjur, Tunjur; 2. The Woman Who Married Her Son; 3. Precious One and Worn-out One; 4. Šwēš, Šwēš!; 5. The Golden Pail; Afterword; Siblings; 6. Half-a-Halfling; 7. The Orphans' Cow; 8. Sumac! You Son of a Whore, Sumac!; 9. The Green Bird; 10. Little Nightingale the Crier; Afterword; Sexual Awakening and Courtship; 11. The Little Bird; 12. Jummēz Bin Yāzūr, Chief of the Birds; 13. Jbēne; 14. Sackcloth.
15. ŠāhīnAfterword; The Quest for the Spouse; 16. The Brave Lad; 17. Gazelle; 18. Lōlabe; Afterword; Group II: Family; Brides and Bridegrooms; 19. The Old Woman Ghouleh; 20. Lady Tatar; 21. Šōqak Bōqak!; 22. Clever Hasan; 23. The Cricket; Afterword; Husbands and Wives; 24. The Seven Leavenings; 25. The Golden Rod in the Valley of Vermilion; 26. Minjal; 27. Im Eše; Afterword; Family Life; 28. Chick Eggs; 29. The Ghouleh of Trans-Jordan; 30. Bear-Cub of the Kitchen; 31. The Woman Whose Hands Were Cut Off; 32. Nayyis (Little Sleepy One); Afterword; Group III: Society.
33. Im Awwād and the Ghouleh34. The Merchant's Daughter; 35. Pomegranate Seeds; 36. The Woodcutter; 37. The Fisherman; Afterword; Group IV: Environment; 38. The Little She-Goat; 39. The Old Woman and Her Cat; 40. Dunglet; 41. The Louse; Afterword; Group V: Universe; 42. The Woman Who Fell into the Well; 43. The Rich Man and the Poor Man; 44. Marūf the Shoemaker; 45. Im Alī and Abū Alī; Afterword; Folkloristic Analysis; Appendix A: Transliteration of Tale 10; Appendix B: Index of Folk Motifs; Appendix C: List of Tales by Type; Selected Bibliography; Footnote Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J.
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Summary: Tales are grouped by headings - Individual, Family, SOciety, Environment and Universe, with the first two subdivided into Children and Parents, Siblings, Sexual Awakening and Courtship and The Quest for the Spouse, and Brides and Bridegrooms, Husbands and Wives and Family Life.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 405-412).

Includes indexes.

Print version record.

Tales are grouped by headings - Individual, Family, SOciety, Environment and Universe, with the first two subdivided into Children and Parents, Siblings, Sexual Awakening and Courtship and The Quest for the Spouse, and Brides and Bridegrooms, Husbands and Wives and Family Life.

Foreword; Acknowledgments; Note on Transliteration; Key to References; Introduction; THE TALES; Notes on Presentation and Translation; Group I: Individuals; Children and Parents; 1. Tunjur, Tunjur; 2. The Woman Who Married Her Son; 3. Precious One and Worn-out One; 4. Šwēš, Šwēš!; 5. The Golden Pail; Afterword; Siblings; 6. Half-a-Halfling; 7. The Orphans' Cow; 8. Sumac! You Son of a Whore, Sumac!; 9. The Green Bird; 10. Little Nightingale the Crier; Afterword; Sexual Awakening and Courtship; 11. The Little Bird; 12. Jummēz Bin Yāzūr, Chief of the Birds; 13. Jbēne; 14. Sackcloth.

15. ŠāhīnAfterword; The Quest for the Spouse; 16. The Brave Lad; 17. Gazelle; 18. Lōlabe; Afterword; Group II: Family; Brides and Bridegrooms; 19. The Old Woman Ghouleh; 20. Lady Tatar; 21. Šōqak Bōqak!; 22. Clever Hasan; 23. The Cricket; Afterword; Husbands and Wives; 24. The Seven Leavenings; 25. The Golden Rod in the Valley of Vermilion; 26. Minjal; 27. Im Eše; Afterword; Family Life; 28. Chick Eggs; 29. The Ghouleh of Trans-Jordan; 30. Bear-Cub of the Kitchen; 31. The Woman Whose Hands Were Cut Off; 32. Nayyis (Little Sleepy One); Afterword; Group III: Society.

33. Im Awwād and the Ghouleh34. The Merchant's Daughter; 35. Pomegranate Seeds; 36. The Woodcutter; 37. The Fisherman; Afterword; Group IV: Environment; 38. The Little She-Goat; 39. The Old Woman and Her Cat; 40. Dunglet; 41. The Louse; Afterword; Group V: Universe; 42. The Woman Who Fell into the Well; 43. The Rich Man and the Poor Man; 44. Marūf the Shoemaker; 45. Im Alī and Abū Alī; Afterword; Folkloristic Analysis; Appendix A: Transliteration of Tale 10; Appendix B: Index of Folk Motifs; Appendix C: List of Tales by Type; Selected Bibliography; Footnote Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J.

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