The storytellers' journey : an American revival /
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| Language: | English |
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Urbana :
University of Illinois Press,
[1999]
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Table of Contents:
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- The archetype of the storyteller
- The motif of serendipity in the birth of the storytelling revival
- From serendipity to ceremony: the traditionalization of the national storytelling festival
- The storyteller's journey: the national storytelling festival as ritualization of the revival mythos
- Alternative models of community: dynamics of local, regional, and national storytelling revival associations
- "Blood on the porch": the Protestant Reformation of NAPPS
- Concluding thoughts and stories with morals: reflections on an American revival
- Bibliography
- Index.