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Sitting Up with the Dead
Pamela Petro
其他書名
A Storied Journey Through the American South
出版
Arcade Publishing
, 2002
主題
Fiction / Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology
History / United States / State & Local / General
Literary Criticism / General
Literary Criticism / American / General
Performing Arts / Storytelling
Social Science / Customs & Traditions
Social Science / Folklore & Mythology
Travel / General
Travel / United States / South / General
ISBN
1559706120
9781559706124
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=wsgiDGKcySUC&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋
Stories provide the connective tissue of the South. The intrepid Pamela Petro drives from the Carolinas to the Appalachians to the Atlantic seaboard, from Virginias valleys to Louisiana's swamps to meet the mesmerizing guardians of its history: the storytellers, who often double as local, or national, treasures. A gifted listener, Petro records how stories originate as well as how they are passed down. She paints vivid portraits of the tellers while compiling tales about Jack the trickster, boo-hags and plat-eyes, ghosts, and singing turtles. The story of the South is not finished. Petro's revelatory investigation into its oral culture is as intoxicating as it is fun.