Scottish traveller tales : lives shaped through stories
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Scottish traveller tales : lives shaped through stories

By Braid, Donald.

Published by University Press of Mississippi, Jacskon

ISBN 1578064503

Bib Id 386864

Copyright 2002

Description xiii, 313 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

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cam a22 4a 4500
LCCN
2002-74255
ISBN
1578064503 (hbk.) : $42.00
Call #
398.2094 B
Title
Scottish traveller tales : lives shaped through stories
Copyright Date
2002
Description
xiii, 313 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 301-310) and index.
Contents
Introduction: "Let's Have a Cup of Tea and I'll Tell You a Story" -- "That's Not a Crack; That's a Story": An Overview of Traveller Storytelling Traditions -- "It Could Have Happened": Storytelling, Identity, and Worldview -- "I Never Met My Grandfather, But I Heard Stories about Him": Storytelling and Community -- "You'll Have to Change Your Ways": The Negotiation of Identity in Storytelling Performance -- "Did It Happen or Did It Not?": Creativity, Worldview, and Narrative Knowing -- Conclusion: Lives and Stories--Stories and Lives.

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