Title Italian folktales in America : the verbal art of an immigrant woman / Elizabeth Mathias and Richard Raspa ; foreword by Roger D. Abrahams

Published Detroit : Wayne State University Press, 1988, ©1985

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Description 1 online resource (xxi, 322 pages) : illustrations Series Wayne State University Folklore Archive study series Wayne State University Folklore Archive study series. Contents Cover -- Half-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Foreword by Roger D. Abrahams -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Part I Background -- Map of Northern Italy -- Introduction -- Context and History -- The Storyteller in Italy -- The Storyteller in America -- Part II Photographs -- Family Album -- Informants from Faller, Italy -- The Village of Faller -- Part III Tales -- Marchen -- 1. Barbarina and the Black Snake -- 2. The Cats under the Sea -- 3. The Cherry Tree and the Pumpkin Vine -- 4. The Devil Gets Tricked -- 5. The Ducks That Talked 6. The Forty-One Robbers -- 7. The Gourd of Blood -- 8. Margherita -- 9. The Old Magician Sabino -- 10. The Stone of Gold -- 11. The Story of Little Peter -- 12. The Three Brothers and the Fig Tree -- 13. The Twelve Doves on the Mountain of the Sun -- Legends and Religious Tales -- 14. The Bloodred Evil Elf -- 15. The Dark Men -- 16. The Good Priest and the Rich Stranger -- 17. The Monk and His Cloak -- 18. The Monk and the Mason -- 19. The Old Man Who Couldn't Die -- 20. Saint Peter Gets His Way -- 21. The Story of the Black Sheep 22. The Old Man and the Rosary -- Narratives of Personal Experience -- Work in Italy -- Patrizio -- Social Behavior -- Illness, Death, and Miracles -- Stepmothers -- World War I -- Immigration to America -- Tale-Telling in America -- Religion, Love, and Children -- Bruna's Difficulties in America -- Notes to the Text -- Annotations to the Tales -- Bibliography -- Index of Motifs -- Index of Tale Types -- Backcover Notes Includes indexes Includes 22 tales as told by Clementina Todesco Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-313) Notes English Print version record Subject Todesco, Clementina SUBJECT Todesco, Clementina Todesco, Clementina fast Subject Italian American women -- Folklore Storytellers -- Italy Storytellers -- United States Tales -- Italy Tales -- United States Italian Americans -- Folklore SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Folklore & Mythology. Italian American women Italian Americans Storytellers Tales Italy United States Genre/Form Folklore Form Electronic book Author Todesco, Clementina Raspa, Richard, 1940- LC no. 88006598 ISBN 9780814338360 0814338364

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