Stories of Our Lives: Memory, History, Narrative
Autor Frank DeCaroen Limba Engleză Paperback – 14 iul 2013 – vârsta de la 21 ani
InStories
of
Our
LivesFrank
de
Caro
demonstrates
the
value
of
personal
narratives
in
enlightening
our
lives
and
our
world.
We
all
live
with
legends,
family
sagas,
and
anecdotes
that
shape
our
selves
and
give
meaning
to
our
recollections.
Featuring
an
array
of
colorful
stories
from
de
Caro’s
personal
life and
years
of
field
research
as
a
folklorist,
the
book
is
part
memoir
and
part
exploration
of
how
the
stories
we
tell,
listen
to,
and
learn
play
an
integral
role
in
shaping
our
sense
of
self.
De
Caro’s
narrative
includes
stories
within
the
story:
among
them
a
near-mythic
capture
of
his
golden-haired
grandmother
by
Plains
Indians,
a
quintessential
Italian
rags-to-riches
grandfather,
and
his
own
experiences
growing
up
in
culturally
rich
1950s
New
York
City,
living
in
India
amid
the
fading
glories
of
a
former
princely
state,
conducting
field
research
on
Day
of
the
Dead
altars
in
Mexico,
and
coming
home
to
a
battered
New
Orleans
after
Hurricane
Katrina.
Stories
of
Our
Livesshows
that
our
lives
are
interesting,
and
that
the
stories
we
tell—however
particular
to
our
own
circumstances
or
trivial
they
may
seem
to
others—reveal
something
about
ourselves,
our
societies,
our
cultures,
and
our
larger
human
existence.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780874218930
ISBN-10: 0874218934
Pagini: 220
Ilustrații: 20 b&w photographs
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 20 mm
Greutate: 0.39 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: Utah State University Press
Colecția Utah State University Press
ISBN-10: 0874218934
Pagini: 220
Ilustrații: 20 b&w photographs
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 20 mm
Greutate: 0.39 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: Utah State University Press
Colecția Utah State University Press
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Recenzii
"Frank
de
Caro's Stories
of
Our
Lives will
encourage
readers
to
think
personally,
to
reflect
on
their
own
narratives
and
to
link
these
to
the
broader
realm
of
narratives.
.
.
.
Frank
takes
the
reader
on
the
stepping-stones
of
his
memory,
to
the
narratives
that
knit
together
his
view
of
the
world."
—Journal of Folklore Research
"One is left with an appreciation for the approach, a wish that more people could see the shaping influences of stories in their lives the way de Caro has."
—Western Folklore
"This book . . . gives us the rare opportunity to learn more about the life of one of our own. Additionally, we are given the opportunity to learn both how various cycles of stories have influenced a life and how a folklore scholar understands and interprets one of the key genres of our discipline."
—Journal of American Folklore
—Journal of Folklore Research
"One is left with an appreciation for the approach, a wish that more people could see the shaping influences of stories in their lives the way de Caro has."
—Western Folklore
"This book . . . gives us the rare opportunity to learn more about the life of one of our own. Additionally, we are given the opportunity to learn both how various cycles of stories have influenced a life and how a folklore scholar understands and interprets one of the key genres of our discipline."
—Journal of American Folklore
Notă biografică
Frank
de
Carois
a
folklorist
and
Professor
Emeritus
of
English
at
Louisiana
State
University. His
previous
books
includeLouisiana
Sojourns:
Travelers’
Tales
and
Literary
Journeys(1998,
with
Rosan
A.
Jordan),
which
received
the
Louisiana
Humanities
Book
Award;An
Anthology
of
American
Folktales
and
Legends(2008);
andThe
Folklore
Muse:
Poetry,
Fiction,
and
Other
Reflections
by
Folklorists(2008).
Descriere
The
social
importance
of
personal
narratives,
family
saga,
and
communal
legends
are
well-established
in
ethnographic
and
folkloristic
literature,
but
their
value
for
individual
self-knowledge
is
less
often
demonstrated.
Both
a
memoir
and
a
research
project,Stories
of
Our
Livesconsiders
the
stories
from
Frank
de
Caro’s
personal
life,
as
well
as
the
stories
he
has
collected
in
his
years
of
field
research
as
he
explores
how
the
stories
we
tell,
listen
to,
and
learn
play
an
integral
role
in
constructing
our
temporal
selves.