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Monsters, tricksters, and sacred cows : animal tales and American identities / edited by A. James Arnold ; with an afterword by Derek Walcott.
| Other author | Arnold, A. James (Albert James), 1939- |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Charlottesville : University Press of Virginia, 1996. |
| Description | vi, 291 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | New World studies New World studies. ^A325511 |
| Contents | Enemies of God : monsters and the theology of conquest / Michael Palencia-Roth -- Who is the mightiest of them all? Jaguar and conquistador in Piaroa images of alterity and identity / Joanna Overing -- Animal souls, co-essences, and human destiny in Mesoamerica / Gary H. Gossen -- Coyote, the thinking (wo)man's trickster / Dell H. Hymes -- Lushootseed animal people : mediation and transformation from myth to history / Jay Miller and Vi Hilbert -- |
| Contents | Breaking the spell : accounts of encantados by descendants of runaway slaves / Candace Slater -- Animal images in Caribbean Hindu mythology / Brinsley Samaroo -- From ancestral to Creole : humans and animals in a West Indian scale of values / Jeremy Poynting -- Trickster as triptych / Kandioura Dramé -- Animal tales, historic dispossesion, and Creole identity in the French West Indies / A. James Arnold -- Animals, elemental tales, and the theater / Derek Walcott. |
| Local note | Little-306746--305131012056R |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 95033391 |
| ISBN | 0813916453 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0813916461 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | E59.F6 M66 1996 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |