Rhetorics and politics in Afghan traditional storytelling / Margaret A. Mills
1991, 1st Edition. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-dulled dust wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #447435
ISBN: 0812281993
Fine Physical description: 388 pages : maps. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 369-380) and index. In English. Contents: Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- A Note on Transliteration -- 1. Where We Were -- 2. What Gets Said -- 3. Khal fah Kar m, "Mulla Mongol the Martyr" -- 4. Khal fah Kar m, "Ras l's Mother" -- 5. khond Mulla Mahm d, "Ten Qer n"1 -- 6. khond Mulla Mahm d, "Sal m the Jeweller" -- 7. Khal fah Kar m, " ' del Kh n 'the Just' " -- 8. khond Mulla Mahm d, "Mahm d of Ghazn and the Thieves" -- 9. khond Mulla Mahm d, "The Old Thief with Five Sons" -- 10. khond Mulla Mahm d, "Women's Tricks" -- 11. "Fill a Pipe for the khond!": The khond and the Rabbi of Herat -- 12. khond Mulla Mahm d, "That Little Donkey and That Little Door" and "If/But" -- 13. khond Mulla Mahm d, "Black and White" -- 14. Khal fah Kar m, "The Corrupt and the Good" -- 15. Khal fah Kar m, "The Ill Fortune of the City of R m" -- 16. "I speak with each according to his understanding ..." -- Appendix 1: Transliteration Sample -- Appendix 2: Glossary -- Appendix 3: Motif and Tale Type Index -- Bibliography -- Index. Subjects: Tales Afghanistan Her t (Province). Storytelling Afghanistan. Folklore Political aspects Afghanistan. Tales Afghanistan Her t (Province).
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