Living Stories of the Cherokee

Living Stories of the Cherokee

This remarkable book, the first major new collection of Cherokee stories published in nearly a hundred years, presents seventy-two traditional and contemporary tales from the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians in North Carolina. It features stories told by Davey Arch, Robert Bushyhead, Edna Chekelelee, Marie Junaluska, Kathi Smith Littlejohn, and Freeman Owle--six Cherokee storytellers who learned their art and their stories from family and community.
The tales gathered here include animal stories, creation myths, legends, and ghost stories as well as family tales and stories about such events in Cherokee history as the Trail of Tears. Taken together, they demonstrate that storytelling is a living, vital tradition. As new stories are added and old stories are changed or forgotten, Cherokee storytelling grows and evolves.
In an introductory essay, Barbara Duncan writes about the Cherokee storytelling tradition and explains the "oral poetics" style in which the stories are presented. This format effectively conveys the rhythmic, oral quality of the living storytelling tradition, allowing the reader to "hear" the voice of the storyteller.

Country	USA
Binding	Paperback
Brand	Brand: The University of North Carolina Press
EAN	9780807847190
Edition	1st New edition
Feature	Used Book in Good Condition
ISBN	0807847194
Label	The University of North Carolina Press
Manufacturer	The University of North Carolina Press
MPN	6 illustrations, index
NumberOfItems	1
NumberOfPages	272
PartNumber	6 illustrations, index
PublicationDate	1998-06-29
Publisher	The University of North Carolina Press
Studio	The University of North Carolina Press
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

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