Jewish Moroccan Folk Narratives from Israel (Jewish Folklore and Anthropology Series) - Softcover

Bar Itzhak, Haya

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0814324436 ISBN 13: 9780814324431

Publisher: Wayne State University Press, 1993

Synopsis

This study presents a unique selection of folk narratives of Moroccan Jews in Israel. The narratives were recorded as part of a research project undertaken in the development town of Shlomi, Israel.
Jewish Moroccan Folk Narratives from Israel 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; and 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.

About this title

Book Description:

This study presents a unique selection of folk narratives of Moroccan Jews in Israel.

About the Author:

Haya Bar-Itzhak is Chair of Folklore Studies and a teacher in the Department of Hebrew and Comparative Literature and Folklore Studies at the University of Haifa.

Aliza Shenhar is a professor of folklore and Rector at the University of Haifa.

About this edition

• Publisher: Wayne State University Press
• Publication date: 1993
• ISBN 10: 0814324436
• ISBN 13: 9780814324431
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 206