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University Press Of Mississippi - Djeha The North African Trickster - Paperback
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Description: Djeha - - also known as Juha Jeh'a and Ch'ha among many variations - - is an iconic figure the trickster hero of an oral folktale tradition that has existed for centuries. The famous Maghrebian prankster is a poor cunning and resourceful character that delights in immoral behavior. Orientalists Auguste Mouli ras (1855 - 1931) and Ren Basset (1855 - 1924) were among the first Frenchmen to collect and translate popular Berber folktales. Today trickster folktales from Algeria's mountainous Kabylia region are not well known in the Anglophone world even though they continue to be highly popular in France and in North Africa. Djeha the North African Trickster is an annotated critical translation of Auguste Mouli ras's folktale collection Les Fourberies de Si Djeh'a first published in French in 1892. The volume contains sixty tales and an in - depth introduction in which Christa C. Jones discusses jocular literature in Islam the widespread oral folktale tradition linked to Djeha and his Turkish twin brother Nasreddin Hoca and the impact of colonialism on the gathering and dissemination of the tales. The trickster is at the center of six themed chapters: " Family and Kinship"; " Animal Tales"; " Faces Places or Daily Life in the Village"; " Foodways"; " The Intricacies of Hospitality: Beware of Friends and Foes!"; and " Religion Death and the Afterlife." Each chapter contains ten folktales preceded by a short introduction that contextualizes the pieces using historical folkloristic literary and ethnographical sources. Ultimately the book contributes to the preservation of an ancestral oral heritage delivering this enduring character to new audiences.
Title: Djeha The North African Trickster
Brand: University Press Of Mississippi
Barcode: 9781496847058
Pages: 112 Pages
Publication Date: 8/16/2023
Category: Folklore, Myths & Legends
Description: Djeha - - also known as Juha Jeh'a and Ch'ha among many variations - - is an iconic figure the trickster hero of an oral folktale tradition that has existed for centuries. The famous Maghrebian prankster is a poor cunning and resourceful character that delights in immoral behavior. Orientalists Auguste Mouli ras (1855 - 1931) and Ren Basset (1855 - 1924) were among the first Frenchmen to collect and translate popular Berber folktales. Today trickster folktales from Algeria's mountainous Kabylia region are not well known in the Anglophone world even though they continue to be highly popular in France and in North Africa. Djeha the North African Trickster is an annotated critical translation of Auguste Mouli ras's folktale collection Les Fourberies de Si Djeh'a first published in French in 1892. The volume contains sixty tales and an in - depth introduction in which Christa C. Jones discusses jocular literature in Islam the widespread oral folktale tradition linked to Djeha and his Turkish twin brother Nasreddin Hoca and the impact of colonialism on the gathering and dissemination of the tales. The trickster is at the center of six themed chapters: " Family and Kinship"; " Animal Tales"; " Faces Places or Daily Life in the Village"; " Foodways"; " The Intricacies of Hospitality: Beware of Friends and Foes!"; and " Religion Death and the Afterlife." Each chapter contains ten folktales preceded by a short introduction that contextualizes the pieces using historical folkloristic literary and ethnographical sources. Ultimately the book contributes to the preservation of an ancestral oral heritage delivering this enduring character to new audiences.
Title: Djeha The North African Trickster
Brand: University Press Of Mississippi
Barcode: 9781496847058
Pages: 112 Pages
Publication Date: 8/16/2023
Category: Folklore, Myths & Legends
