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Italian folktales in America : the verbal art of an immigrant woman / Elizabeth Mathias and Richard Raspa ; foreword by Roger D. Abrahams.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Mathias, Elizabeth.
- Series:
- Wayne State University Folklore Archive study series.
- Wayne State University Folklore Archive study series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Italian Americans--Folklore.
- Italian Americans.
- Tales--United States.
- Tales.
- Tales--Italy.
- Storytellers--United States.
- Storytellers.
- Storytellers--Italy.
- Italian American women--Folklore.
- Italian American women.
- Todesco, Clementina.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xxi, 322 pages) : illustrations
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Detroit : Wayne State University Press, 1988, c1985.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- A collection that greatly enriches our understanding of who told (and tells) märchen (Italian folktales) to whom, why and how they are told, and, perhaps most important, under what conditions.
- 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 22 tales as told by Clementina Todesco.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 309-313) and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 9780814338360
- 0814338364
- OCLC:
- 821902802
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