Title Djeha, the North African trickster / edited by Christa C. Jones

Published Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, [2023]

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 179 pages) Contents Acknowledgments Note from the editor and translator -- Introduction: Tracing the trickster in North African folktales -- 1. Family and Kinship -- Djeha and his son -- Djeha and the pot -- Djeha and the nail -- Djeha and the goat hide -- Djeha and his mother's shoes -- Djeha and the treasure -- The burial of Djeha's father -- Djeha marries a sultan's daughter -- Djeha and his wife -- Djeha and his burnous -- 2. Animal tales -- Djeha wants to buy a donkey -- Djeha and the rabbit sauce -- The raven -- Djeha and his donkey -- Djeha and the dog -- Djeha and the man who wants to borrow his donkey -- Djeha and the two oxen -- The high-strung horse -- The rent -- Djeha and the jackal -- 3. Faces, places, or daily life in the village -- Djeha and the miller -- Djeha and his friends at the hammam -- Djeha and the qadi -- Djeha and his Jewish neighbor -- Djeha and the local caid -- Djeha and the barber -- The watermelon -- Djeha and his watch -- Djeha, the field, and the old woman -- Djeha and his rope -- 4. Foodways -- Djeha and the chicken -- Djeha and the meat -- The roasted kid -- Djeha and the people who were eating -- Djeha and the bread -- Djeha and the owner of the pot -- Djeha and the Arab -- The turnips -- Djeha and the ewe's head -- The eggs -- 5. The intricacies of hospitality: beware of friends and foes -- Djeha and his friends -- Djeha and his guests -- Djeha and his two friends -- Djeha and the burglar -- Djeha at the feast -- Djeha feeds the students -- Djeha and the students -- Djeha and the thieves -- The hosts' pickax -- Djeha's hare -- 6. Religion, death, and the afterlife -- Djeha and the ten blind people -- Djeha and the Christian -- Djeha and the murder victim -- The Jew who wanted to see God -- Djeha and judgment day -- Djeha's knife kills and resuscitates -- Djeha in the grave -- Djeha and the sheep's head -- Eagle-eyed Djeha and his excellent marksmanship -- Djeha's death -- Appendix -- References -- Index Summary "Djeha-also known as Juha, Jeh'a, and Ch'ha, among many variations-is an iconic figure, the trickster hero of an oral folktale tradition that has existed for centuries. The famous Maghrebian prankster is a poor, cunning, and resourceful character that delights in immoral behavior. Orientalists Auguste Moulie̹ras (1855-1931) and Rene̹ Basset (1855-1924) were among the first Frenchmen to collect and translate popular Berber folktales. Today, trickster folktales from Algeria's mountainous Kabylia region are not well known in the Anglophone world, even though they continue to be highly popular in France and in North Africa. Djeha, the North African Trickster is an annotated, critical translation of Auguste Moulie̹ras's folktale collection Les Fourberies de Si Djeh'a, first published in French in 1892. The volume contains sixty tales and an in-depth introduction in which Christa C. Jones discusses jocular literature in Islam, the widespread oral folktale tradition linked to Djeha and his Turkish twin brother Nasreddin Hoca, and the impact of colonialism on the gathering and dissemination of the tales. The trickster is at the center of six themed chapters: "Family and Kinship"; "Animal Tales"; "Faces, Places, or Daily Life in the Village"; "Foodways"; "The Intricacies of Hospitality: Beware of Friends and Foes!"; and "Religion, Death, and the Afterlife." Each chapter contains ten folktales preceded by a short introduction that contextualizes the pieces using historical, folkloristic, literary, and ethnographical sources. Ultimately, the book contributes to the preservation of an ancestral oral heritage, delivering this enduring character to new audiences"-- Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on September 05, 2023) Subject Berbers -- Africa, North -- Folklore Folklore -- Africa, North Tales -- Africa, North Kabyles -- Folklore Berbers -- Folklore Tricksters -- Folklore SOCIAL SCIENCE / Folklore & Mythology Folklore Tales Myth & legend told as fiction. Customs and Folklore. SUBJECT Algeria -- Folklore Subject Algeria North Africa Form Electronic book Author Jones, Christa, editor LC no. 2023016709 ISBN 9781496847072 1496847075 9781496847096 1496847091 9781496847065 1496847067 9781496847089 1496847083

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