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Storytelling on the northern Irish border : characters and community /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cashman, Ray
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, [2008]
Subjects:
Storytelling > Northern Ireland > Castlederg.
Aghyaran (Castlederg, Northern Ireland) > Folklore.
Table of Contents:
  • Goals and orientations
  • Aghyaran : a sense of place and history
  • Ceilis as storytelling contexts
  • Wakes as storytelling contexts
  • Local character anecdotes
  • The wider range of storytelling genres
  • Anecdotes and the literary character
  • Anecdotes and the local character
  • Anecdote cycles and personality traits
  • Patterns and implications
  • Storytelling, commemoration, and identity.