ISBN:
9789004392052
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource
Series Statement:
Handbuch der Orientalistik. Dritte Abteilung, Südostasien 11. Bd
Series Statement:
Brill's Companions to Asian Studies Online I, ISBN: 9789004389212
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als The Folk-tales of Burma: An Introduction
Keywords:
Tales Sources History
;
Minorities Sources Folklore
;
History
;
Minorities Social life and customs
;
Tales Classification
Abstract:
Preliminary Material /Gerry Abbott and Khin Thant Han -- Introduction /Gerry Abbott and Khin Thant Han -- The Study of Folklore and the Folk-Tale /Gerry Abbott and Khin Thant Han -- The Folk-Tale Genre: Function, Form and Field /Gerry Abbott and Khin Thant Han -- The Collection and Study of Folk-Tales in Burma /Gerry Abbott and Khin Thant Han -- A Categorisation of Selected Tales From Burma /Gerry Abbott and Khin Thant Han -- Summaries of Selected Tales /Gerry Abbott and Khin Thant Han -- Suggestions for Further Research /Gerry Abbott and Khin Thant Han -- Introduction /Gerry Abbott and Khin Thant Han -- Section I (A) : Human Origin Tales /Gerry Abbott and Khin Thant Han -- Section 1 (B): Phenomena Tales /Gerry Abbott and Khin Thant Han -- Section II (A): Wonder Tales /Gerry Abbott and Khin Thant Han -- Section II (B): Trickster/Simpleton Tales, Etc. /Gerry Abbott and Khin Thant Han -- Section III(A): Guidance Tales (Lay) /Gerry Abbott and Khin Thant Han -- Section III (B): Guidance Tales (Clerical) /Gerry Abbott and Khin Thant Han -- Section IV: Compound Tales /Gerry Abbott and Khin Thant Han -- Bibliography /Gerry Abbott and Khin Thant Han -- Ethnological notes /Gerry Abbott and Khin Thant Han -- Index /Gerry Abbott and Khin Thant Han.
Abstract:
This handbook is the first in-depth overview of the fascinating world of Burmese folk-tales. Part one provides a wide-ranging and multi-disciplinary survey of folk-tale studies, together with a broad functional classification of Burma’s tales. Part two presents, mostly for the first time in a European language, the categorized actual tales themselves. With commentaries on plots and cross-cultural motifs - past and present. With index, substantial bibliography, and suggestions for further research
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
DOI:
10.1163/9789004392052
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