The heart is a mirror : the Sephardic folktale / Tamar Alexander-Frizer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Alexander-Frizer, Tamar.

Series:

Raphael Patai series in Jewish folklore and anthropology

Standardized Title:

Maʻaśeh ahuv ṿa-ḥetsi. English

Language:

English

Hebrew

Subjects (All):

Jews--Spain--Folklore.

Jews.

Folklore--Spain.

Folklore.

Spain.

Spain--Social life and customs.

Manners and customs.

Genre:

Folklore.

Physical Description:

xiv, 690 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Detroit : Wayne State University Press, [2008]

Contents:

Part 1 The Characteristics of Ethnic Identity

1 Folk Literature as an Expression of Ethnic Identity 3

A General Trends in the Study of Folk Literature 3

B Segregation and Integration 7

C The Linguistic Aspect 14

D The Context of Narrative Performance 16

E The World of the Tale 18

2 The Corpus of Tales 24

B Methods of Documentation and Publication 29

3 The Correlation with Hebrew Sources 45

A The Importance of Midrash Me`am Lo`ez in Jewish Culture 45

B From Source to Adaptation: The Tale of the Weasel and the Well 47

4 The Connection to the Land of Origin 70

A An Ambivalent Attitude toward Spain 70

B Spain in Tales of Family Traditions: Don Luis de San Angel 74

C Spain in Historical Legends 76

D Spain in the Novella: "The Wealthy Senor Miguel" 88

E Spain in the Fairy Tale: The Prince of Aragon 90

5 The Linkage to the Surrounding Culture 95

A Tales from Salonika 95

B Tales from Jerusalem 107

Part 2 Literary Genres

6 The Legend 169

A Praise Legends 170

B Historical Legends 223

C Family Legends 239

7 Ethical Tales 257

A Between Man and God 258

B Among Humans 291

C Between Humans and Demons 312

8 The Fairy Tale 333

A The Various Types of Cinderella Tales 336

B The Maiden Who Searches for a Spouse 374

9 The Novella 394

A Stories of Love and Destiny 394

B Stories of King Solomon 406

10 The Humorous Tale 427

A Joha Stories 431

B Gullibility and the Absurd in Tales of Makeda 446

C Intergroup and Intragroup Conflicts 453

D Anecdotes 462

Part 3 The Art of Storytelling

11 The Performance Art of the Storyteller 469

A The Acting Modes of the Storyteller 471

B The Performance Event of "The Pope's Three Questions" 478

12 The Audience as a Factor in Shaping the Story 520

A Dream Tales in Jewish Culture 524

B Dream Tales in the Sephardic Tradition 530

C The Dreaming Tales of Miriam Raymond-Sarano 534

13 Circumstances of Time and Place 550

A Comforting Mourners 551

B An Israeli and a Palestinian 564

C Teller, Story, Group 569

D From Personal Experience to Story 576

Epilogue: Gaps and Bridges between Researcher and Storyteller 579.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [631]-658) and indexes.

ISBN:

9780814329719

0814329713

OCLC:

85862477