Stories from Quechan oral literature

The Quechan are a Yuman people who have traditionally lived along the lower part of the Colorado River in California and Arizona. They are well known as warriors, artists, and traders, and they also have a rich oral tradition. The stories in this volume were told by tribal elders in the 1970s and ea...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Halpern, A. M., author (author), Miller, Amy, 1961- author (translator), Levy, Barbara, translator
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, UK : Open Book Publishers 2014.
Series:World Oral Literature series ; volume 6.
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See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009424439406719
Table of Contents:
  • Notes on contributors
  • Foreword
  • Introduction
  • The man who bothered ants
  • Two stories about the orphan boy and the monster
  • Xarathó
  • Three stories about Kwayúu
  • Three stories about Old Lady Sanyuuxáv
  • 'Aavém Kwasám.