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Title: The Importance of Storytelling. A Study based on Field Work in Northern Alaska
Description: Stockholm, Almqvist & Wiksells, 1976. orig.wrappers. 23x15cm, 106 pp, Studia Ethnologia Upsaliensia, 1.. Musical illustrations. Name on half-title,minor rubbing, VG. ¶ Contents: Time for Storytelling; Seasonal Storytelling; Other Taboos & Rules Connected with Storytelling; The Functions of Storytelling among the Athabascan Indians in Northern Alaska; The Oral Styles of Narrative Technique; Towards a Description of Myth?; The Crow (or the Raven or Choolian) in the Myths, Beliefs & Rites; Summary,Synthesis,Conclusions.

Keywords: Cultural anthropology, Northern Alaska, Ethnography, Storytelling, Oral literature, Folklore, Myth, Athabascan people, Native Americans

Price: US$ 47.00 Seller: Expatriate Bookshop of Denmark
- Book number: BOOKS005150I