Awards

• Winner of Best Reference of 2022 2023 (United States)

Overview

Explore storytelling as an art form that has existed for centuries, from the first spoken and sung stories to those that are drawn and performed today. This book serves as an indispensable resource for students and scholars interested in storytelling and in multicultural approaches to the arts. By taking an evolutionary approach, it begins with a discussion of origin stories and continues through history to stories of the 21st century. The text not only engages the stories themselves, it also explains how individuals from all disciplines – from doctors and lawyers to priests and journalists – use stories to focus their readers' and listeners' attention and influence them.

Full Product Details

Author:   Jelena Cvorovic ,  Kathryn Coe
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Imprint:   ABC-CLIO
Weight:   0.510kg
ISBN:  

9781440872945

ISBN 10:   1440872945
Pages:   304
Publication Date:   29 March 2022
Recommended Age:   From 7 to 17 years
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Primary & secondary/elementary & high school ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Educational: Primary & Secondary
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

Preface Introduction: Why Is Storytelling Important? Part I: Thematic Essays History of Storytelling around the World (or the Origin and Early History of Storytelling) Common Storytelling Elements across Cultures Storytelling Media: Oral, Art, and Music Lessons Stories Teach Us The Birth and Development of 21st-Century Stories Part II: Storytelling across Cultural Groups Africa Ashanti Azande Baganda Bemba Berber Bulu Dahomeans Fjort Hadjerai Hausa Ju/'Hoansi Bushmen Khoikhoi/Hottentot Limba Maasai Malagasy Nandi Swahili Yoruba Zulu South America Añangu Kichwa People of the Rio Napo Chachi (also the Cayapa) Inca Empire Muisca (Chibcha) Runa (Canelos Quichua) North America Anishinaabe People, Ojibwe, Chippewa, and Saulteaux Cheyenne Nations, or Tsétsehést?hese Comanche Nation (Numunu) Delaware Nation (Lenape, Lenni-Lenape, Munsee) Hopi Navajo (Diné) Pima, Akimel O'odham Tohono O'Odham Nation Asia and Oceania Ainu Andamanese, The Great Buryats Chukchee Enga Iban Ifugao Maori Nhunggabarras Somaip Wheelman Europe Basque Roma/Gypsies, Balkan Saami Middle East Bedouins, Negev Kurds Mandaeans Glossary Bibliography Index

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Jelena Cvorovic, PhD anthropology, is Principal Research Fellow at the Institute of Ethnography, Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Serbia. Kathryn Coe was emeritus professor in the social and behavioral sciences department in the Richard M. Fairbanks School of Public Health at Indiana University, USA.

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