Anguish Of Snails : Native American Folklore in the West /
Barre Toelken.
- 1 online resource (216 pages): ill. (some col.) ;
- Book collections on Project MUSE. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Prologue: the snail's clues -- Cultural patterns in Native American folklore: an introduction -- Visual patterns of performance: arts -- Kinetic patterns of performance: dance -- Oral patterns of performance: story and song -- Patterns and themes in Native humor -- Cultural patterns of discovery -- Epilogue: "gleaning" and the active audience.
Open Access
9780874214758
Oral tradition--West (U.S.) Folklore--Classification.--West (U.S.) Folklore--Performance--West (U.S.) Indians of North America--West (U.S.)--Folklore.