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Author Brandes, Stanley H., author

Title Metaphors of masculinity : sex and status in Andalusian folklore / Stanley Brandes
Published Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : University of Pennsylvania Press, 1980
©1980

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Description 1 online resource (247 pages) : illustrations, photographs
Series Publications of the American Folklore Society New Series
Publications of the American Folklore Society. New series.
Contents Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; The Study of Male Folklore in Andalusia; Giants and Big-Heads; Titles, Names, and Pronouns; Gypsy Jokes and the Andalusian Self-image; Masculine Metaphors in Folk Speech; Jokes and the Male Identity; Pranks and Riddles; Space and Speech at the Olive Harvest; Skits and Society; Religious Expressions of Masculinity; The Folklore of Dominance and Control; References Cited; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z
Summary Annotation In the Andalusian communities throughout the olive-growing region of southeastern Spain men show themselves to be primarily concerned with two problems of identity: their place in the social hierarchy, and the maintenance of their masculinity in the context of their culture. In this study of projective behavior as found in the folklore of an Andalusian town, Stanley Brandes is careful to support psychological interpretations with ethnographic evidence. His emphasis on male folklore provides a timely complement to current research on women
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Folklore -- Spain -- Andalusia
Men -- Spain -- Andalusia -- Folklore
Sex customs -- Spain -- Andalusia -- Folklore
Masculinity -- Spain -- Andalusia -- Folklore
Folklore
Manners and customs
Masculinity
Men
Sex customs
SUBJECT Andalusia (Spain) -- Social life and customs
Subject Spain -- Andalusia
Genre/Form Folklore
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780812292503
0812292502