Eskimo Storyteller
Folktales from Noatak, Alaska New Edition
Distributed for University of Alaska Press
491 pages
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6 x 9
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© 1975
- Contents
Table of Contents
Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
I. The Setting
The Land
The People
The Eskimos of Northwest Alaska
The Naupaktomiut and Their Neighbors
An Ethnographic Reconstruction
The Historic Noatak People
The Modern People
II. The Noatak Storyteller
Introduction
The Storytellers
The Telling of Stories
In the Past
In the Present
Organization of Data
III. Edna Hunnicutt
Autobiography
Folktales
IV. Paul Monroe
Autobiography
Folktales
V. Analysis
Collection of Folktales
Telling Stories
Where and When
Sequence
Vocal and Visual Mannerisms
Exact and Complete Recitation
Distribution of the Noatak Tales
Distribution within Northern Alaska
Types and Motifs
Distribution through Time
Literary Conventions
Story Content
Individual, Family, and Society
Crime and Punishment
The Natural and Supernatural World
Story Endings
Folktales and Noatak Eskimo Culture
Conclusions
VI. Epilogue
Glossary
Bibliography
Index of Motifs
General Index
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