Jewish Moroccan Folk Narratives focuses on two central elements: textual research to examine the aesthetic qualities of the narrative, their division into genres, the various versions and their parallels, and acculturation in Israel, as well as contextual research to examine the performance art of the narrator and the role of the narrative as a communicative process in the narrating society. The collection includes twenty-one narratives by twelve storytellers; an account of the narrators' lives and a commentary have been applied to each. In contrast to most anthologies of Jewish folktales, the texts in this book were recorded in the natural context of narration and in the language of origin (Judaeo-Arabic), meeting the most vigorous standards of current folklore scholarship.
- ISBN10 0814324428
- ISBN13 9780814324424
- Publish Date 1 June 1993 (first published 1 February 1993)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 16 August 2002
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Wayne State University Press
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 206
- Language English