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Dance of the dolphin : transformation and disenchantment in the Amazonian imagination / Candace Slater.
Van Pelt Library GR133.B62 A527 1994
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Slater, Candace.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Folklore--Brazil--Amazonas.
- Folklore.
- Tales--Brazil--History and criticism.
- Tales.
- Folklore--Brazil--Pará (State).
- Dolphins.
- Brazil--Pará (State).
- Dolphins--Brazil--Folklore.
- Shapeshifting.
- Brazil.
- Brazil--Amazonas.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 314 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago : University of Chicago Press, [1994]
- Summary:
- Acknowledgments Invitation to the Dance 1: Time and Place 2: The Storytellers 3: Stories and Beliefs about Dolphins as Special Fish 4: Stories and Beliefs about Dolphins as Supernatural Beings 5: Questions of Performance 6: The Dolphin as Encantado 7: The Dolphin as Lover 8: The Dolphin as White Man 9: Transformation and Disenchantment Appendix 1. Glossary of Selected Terms Appendix 2. Portuguese-Language Originals of Stories in the Text References Index
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-302) and index.
- Katherine Singer Kovacs Prize, Winner, 1994
- ISBN:
- 0226761835
- 0226761843
- OCLC:
- 28708469
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