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Book SynopsisThis ground-breaking book explains how deep-seated cultural mythologies shape contemporary global leaders and provides insights into navigating the dynamics and complexities in today's era of globalization. The authors use myths to uncover core characteristics and values from 20 different cultural contexts spanning all major regions of the world - the Americas, Europe, Africa and the Middle East, and Asia and the Pacific Rim - that have evolved over generations and continue to shape global leadership models. Commentaries are included from practicing managers and leaders to provide real world insights on the implications of the ideas discussed. International managers and executives, public officials, business consultants and corporate trainers will welcome the insights on cross-cultural leadership styles. The book will also find interest from researchers and students across a broad array of professional and social science disciplines.Trade Review'My mouth watered when first I saw the publication of this title, as it promised a next step in the exploration of cultural phenomena from within a culture's view and vision of itself.' -- George Simons, Delta Intercultural AcademyEssential reading for all practitioners and researchers who seek to gain greater insights on cultural differences and leadership competencies.' -- Rosalie Tung, Simon Fraser University, Past President, Academy of Management and author of 11 books including Learning from World Class Companies'This fascinating collection of local mythology shows how widely leadership models differ across nations, and how deeply these differences are rooted. True global leadership is based on empathy with local variety.' -- Geert Hofstede, Maastricht University, The Netherlands, author of Culture's Consequences: Comparing Values, Behaviors, Institutions and Organizations Across Nations'I have yet to come across a more captivating study of global leadership patterns. The reader is taken into largely unchartered territory linking globalisation, culture and leadership. Delving deep into folklore, mythology and spirituality we begin to understand how these are manifested in human behaviour and are exhibited in leadership styles. A must-read!' -- S. Ramadorai, CEO of Tata Consultancy ServicesTable of ContentsContents: Introduction to Cultural Mythology and Global Leadership Eric H. Kessler, Diana J. Wong-MingJi PART I: THE AMERICAS 1. Cultural Mythology and Global Leadership in the United States Eric H. Kessler 2. Cultural Mythology and Global Leadership in Canada Nina D. Cole and Rhona G. Berengut 3. Cultural Mythology and Global Leadership in the Caribbean Islands Betty Jane Punnett and Dion Greenidge 4. Cultural Mythology and Global Leadership in Argentina Patricia Friedrich, Andrés Hatum and Luiz Mesquita 5. Cultural Mythology and Global Leadership in Brazil Adriana V. Garibaldi de Hilal PART II: EUROPE 6. Cultural Mythology and Global Leadership in Greece Theodore Peridis 7. Cultural Mythology and Global Leadership in Germany Sonja A. Sackmann 8. Cultural Mythology and Global Leadership in England Romie Frederick Littrell 9. Cultural Mythology and Global Leadership in Sweden Lena Zander and Udo Zander 10. Cultural Mythology and Global Leadership in Poland Christopher Ziemnowicz and John Spillan PART III: AFRICA AND THE MIDDLE EAST 11. Cultural Mythology and Global Leadership in South Africa David N. Abdulai 12. Cultural Mythology and Global Leadership in Kenya Fred O. Walumbwa and George O. Ndege 13. Cultural Mythology and Global Leadership in Iran Afsaneh Nahavandi 14. Cultural Mythology and Global Leadership in Egypt Mohamed M. Mostafa and Diana J. Wong-MingJi 15. Cultural Mythology and Global Leadership in Israel Shay S. Tzafrir, Aviv Barhom-Kidron and Yehuda Baruch PART IV: ASIA AND THE PACIFIC RIM 16. Cultural Mythology and Global Leadership in China Diana J. Wong-MingJi 17. Cultural Mythology and Global Leadership in India Shanthi Gopalakrishnan and Rajender Kaur 18. Cultural Mythology and Global Leadership in Russia Stanislav V. Shekshnia, Sheila M. Puffer and Daniel J. McCarthy 19. Cultural Mythology and Global Leadership in Japan Tomoatsu Shibata and Mitsuru Kodama 20. Cultural Mythology and Global Leadership in Australia David Lamond Index

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Book SynopsisThis ground-breaking book explains how deep-seated cultural mythologies shape contemporary global leaders and provides insights into navigating the dynamics and complexities in today's era of globalization. The authors use myths to uncover core characteristics and values from 20 different cultural contexts spanning all major regions of the world - the Americas, Europe, Africa and the Middle East, and Asia and the Pacific Rim - that have evolved over generations and continue to shape global leadership models. Commentaries are included from practicing managers and leaders to provide real world insights on the implications of the ideas discussed. International managers and executives, public officials, business consultants and corporate trainers will welcome the insights on cross-cultural leadership styles. The book will also find interest from researchers and students across a broad array of professional and social science disciplines.Trade Review'My mouth watered when first I saw the publication of this title, as it promised a next step in the exploration of cultural phenomena from within a culture's view and vision of itself.' -- George Simons, Delta Intercultural AcademyEssential reading for all practitioners and researchers who seek to gain greater insights on cultural differences and leadership competencies.' -- Rosalie Tung, Simon Fraser University, Past President, Academy of Management and author of 11 books including Learning from World Class Companies'This fascinating collection of local mythology shows how widely leadership models differ across nations, and how deeply these differences are rooted. True global leadership is based on empathy with local variety.' -- Geert Hofstede, Maastricht University, The Netherlands, author of Culture's Consequences: Comparing Values, Behaviors, Institutions and Organizations Across Nations'I have yet to come across a more captivating study of global leadership patterns. The reader is taken into largely unchartered territory linking globalisation, culture and leadership. Delving deep into folklore, mythology and spirituality we begin to understand how these are manifested in human behaviour and are exhibited in leadership styles. A must-read!' -- S. Ramadorai, CEO of Tata Consultancy ServicesTable of ContentsContents: Introduction to Cultural Mythology and Global Leadership Eric H. Kessler, Diana J. Wong-MingJi PART I: THE AMERICAS 1. Cultural Mythology and Global Leadership in the United States Eric H. Kessler 2. Cultural Mythology and Global Leadership in Canada Nina D. Cole and Rhona G. Berengut 3. Cultural Mythology and Global Leadership in the Caribbean Islands Betty Jane Punnett and Dion Greenidge 4. Cultural Mythology and Global Leadership in Argentina Patricia Friedrich, Andrés Hatum and Luiz Mesquita 5. Cultural Mythology and Global Leadership in Brazil Adriana V. Garibaldi de Hilal PART II: EUROPE 6. Cultural Mythology and Global Leadership in Greece Theodore Peridis 7. Cultural Mythology and Global Leadership in Germany Sonja A. Sackmann 8. Cultural Mythology and Global Leadership in England Romie Frederick Littrell 9. Cultural Mythology and Global Leadership in Sweden Lena Zander and Udo Zander 10. Cultural Mythology and Global Leadership in Poland Christopher Ziemnowicz and John Spillan PART III: AFRICA AND THE MIDDLE EAST 11. Cultural Mythology and Global Leadership in South Africa David N. Abdulai 12. Cultural Mythology and Global Leadership in Kenya Fred O. Walumbwa and George O. Ndege 13. Cultural Mythology and Global Leadership in Iran Afsaneh Nahavandi 14. Cultural Mythology and Global Leadership in Egypt Mohamed M. Mostafa and Diana J. Wong-MingJi 15. Cultural Mythology and Global Leadership in Israel Shay S. Tzafrir, Aviv Barhom-Kidron and Yehuda Baruch PART IV: ASIA AND THE PACIFIC RIM 16. Cultural Mythology and Global Leadership in China Diana J. Wong-MingJi 17. Cultural Mythology and Global Leadership in India Shanthi Gopalakrishnan and Rajender Kaur 18. Cultural Mythology and Global Leadership in Russia Stanislav V. Shekshnia, Sheila M. Puffer and Daniel J. McCarthy 19. Cultural Mythology and Global Leadership in Japan Tomoatsu Shibata and Mitsuru Kodama 20. Cultural Mythology and Global Leadership in Australia David Lamond Index

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Book SynopsisIn blood-soaked lore handed down the centuries, the vampire is a monster of endless fascination: from Bram Stoker's "Dracula" to "Buffy the Vampire Slayer", this seductive lover of blood haunts popular culture and inhabits our darkest imaginings. The history of the vampire is a compelling tale that is now documented in "From Demons to Dracula", which reveals why the vampire myth and this creature of the undead fascinates us. Beresford's chronicle roams from the mountains of Eastern Europe, to the foggy streets of Victorian England, to Hollywood film, as he investigates the portrayal of the vampire in history, literature and art. Investigating the historical "Dracula", "Vlad the Impaler", and his status as a national hero in Romania, Beresford endeavours to winnow out truths from the complex legend and folklore. "From Demons to Dracula" tracks the evolution of the vampire, drawing on classical Greek and Roman myths, witch trials and medieval plagues, Gothic literature and even contemporary works such as Anne Rice's Interview with the Vampire and Elizabeth Kostova's "The Historian". Beresford also looks at the widespread impact of screen vampires from television shows, classic movies starring Bela Lugosi and Christopher Lee, and more recent films such as "Underworld" and "Blade". Whether as a demon of the underworld or a light-fearing hunter of humans, the vampire has endured through the centuries, the book reveals, as a powerful symbolic figure for human concerns with life, death and the afterlife. Wide-ranging and engrossing, "From Demons to Dracula" casts this bloodthirsty nightstalker as a remarkably complex and telling totem of our nightmares, real and imagined.Trade ReviewPlease visit the From Demons to Dracula website here 'The vampire of antiquity was a ghost, who became enfleshed as the revenant, the ghoul; then, particularly in eastern Europe, it turned into a blood-sucker. Under the ministrations of western novelists, he pupated into the seductive, cape-wearing aristocrat of modern myth. This process Matthew Beresford delineates with great clarity ... fascinating. Independent on Sunday Aficionados of vampire culture will probably find little to surprise them in this fascinating study, but the rest of us will remain gripped throughout ... This is a fun study but it's also, as Beresford says, a study in our fears, and ultimately, our fear of death. The Herald, Glasgow

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Book SynopsisThis is a fully illustrated collection of poignant pepeha (M?ori proverbs) explained in English.

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Book SynopsisHerakles and Hercules: two names for a figure of pervasive appeal in Antiquity. He was a hero of myth and a god with cult associations. He was ancestor of Macedonian kings, patron of Carthaginian generals and of Roman emperors, and a role model for Stoic philosophers.

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Book SynopsisWitches, Ghosts, and Signs: Folklore of the Southern Appalachians by the renowned West Virginia folklorist and former West Virginia University English professor Patrick W. Gainer not only highlights stories that both amuse and raise goosebumps, but also begins with a description of the people and culture of the state. Based on material Gainer collected from over fifty years of field research in West Virginia and the region, Witches, Ghosts, and Signs presents the rich heritage of the southern Appalachians in a way that has never been equaled. Strange and supernatural tales of ghosts, witches, hauntings, disappearances, and unexplained murders that have been passed down from generation to generation from as far back as the earliest settlers in the region are included in this collection that will send chills down the spine.

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Book SynopsisA landmark volume exploring the public presentation and application of folk culture in collaboration with communities, Public Folklore is available again with a new introduction discussing recent trends and scholarship. Editors Robert Baron and Nick Spitzer provide theoretical framing to contributions from leaders of major American folklife programs and preeminent folklore scholars, including Roger D. Abrahams, Robert Cantwell, Gerald L. Davis, Archie Green, Bess Lomax Hawes, Richard Kurin, Daniel Sheehy, and Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gim-blett. Their essays present vivid accounts of public folklore prac-tice in a wide range of settings-nineteenth-century world\'s fairs and minstrel shows, festivals, mu-seums, international cultural ex-change programs, concert stages, universities, and hospitals. Drawing from case studies, historical analyses, and their own experiences as advocates, field re-searchers, and presenters, the es-sayists recast the history of folk-lore in terms of public practice, while discussing standards for presentation to new audiences. They approach engagement with tradition bearers as requiring collaboration and dialogue. They critically examine who has the authority to represent folk culture, the ideologies informing these representations, and the effect upon folk artists of encountering revived and new audiences within and beyond their own communities. In discussions of the relationship between public practice and the academy, this volume also offers new models for integrating public folklore training within graduate studies. Robert Baron directs the Folk Arts Program at the New York State Council on the Arts and has been a non-resident Fellow at the W. E. B. Du Bois Institute for African and African American Research at Harvard University. Nick Spitzer is host and creator of public radio\'s American Routes and folklore professor at the University of New Orleans.

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Book SynopsisRace and Nation in Puerto Rican Folklore: Franz Boas and John Alden Mason in Porto Rico explores the historic research trip taken to Puerto Rico in 1915. As a component of the Scientific Survey of Porto Rico and the Virgin Islands, Boas intended to perform field research in the areas of anthropology and ethnography while other scientists explored the island’s natural resources. A young anthropologist working under Boas, John Alden Mason, rescued hundreds of oral folklore samples, ranging from popular songs, poetry, conundrums, sayings, and, most particularly, folktales while documenting native Puerto Rican cultural practices. Through his extensive excursions, Mason came in touch with the rural lives of Puerto Rican peasants, the jíbaros, who served as both his cultural informants and writers of the folklore samples. These stories, many of which are still part of the island’s literary traditions and collected in a bilingual companion volume by Rafael Ocasio, reflect a strong Puerto Rican identity coalescing in the face of the U.S. political intervention on the island. A fascinating slice of Puerto Rican history and culture sure to delight any reader! Trade Review"Race and Nation in Puerto Rican Folklore is a must-read for those interested in the cultural layout of early twentieth-century Puerto Rico and its burgeoning, sociopolitical consciousness. Ocasio expertly traces the multicultural artifacts of oral transmission collected by ‘the Father of American Anthropology,’ Franz Boas and his mentee, John Alden Mason, on the Island at the turn of the century, revealing the relationship between those texts and Boricua identity." -- Angie Willis * co-author of forthcoming Reinaldo Arenas, Pedagogue: Readings for a Post-Fidel Castro Era *"Rafael Ocasio's Race and Nation in Puerto Rican Folklore will be of significant interest to students of Puerto Rican culture and history as it skillfully revives important events involving the U.S. and Puerto Rico that have lost definition with the passing of time, even if they have not lost relevance. The author brings to bear on an anthropological topic his unique talent for literary and cultural criticism." -- Rudyard Alcocer * author of Time Travel in the Latin American & Caribbean Imagination: Re-reading History *"Race and Nation in Puerto Rican Folklore fills in gaps both in the historiography of Puerto Rican cultural history and in the history of folkloristics in the United States. Necessary and timely issues of race, colonialism, and class as they affected the collecting and editing processes are addressed in detail. Issues of gender inequality and the effects of not including adult women in the collection, are mentioned but not unpacked at the same level." * Journal of Folklore Research *"Greyhound Grad Publishes Two Books Focused on Puerto Rican Folklore," by Desiree Cooper * Eastern New Mexico University *"For all these dazzling discoveries made with academic and intellectual rigor, you have to read this new book by Rafael Ocasio. I read it with interest, with amazement and, above all, with gratitude." * Centro Journal *"Race & Nation in Puerto Rican Folklore, Ocasio, then, makes his impact on the future of his island, as well as on a future in which we study and document small, still colonized, nations, and by doing so state that they are not expendable. That no nation is." * South Atlantic Review *"Race and Nation in Puerto Rican Folklore is a must-read for those interested in the cultural layout of early twentieth-century Puerto Rico and its burgeoning, sociopolitical consciousness. Ocasio expertly traces the multicultural artifacts of oral transmission collected by ‘the Father of American Anthropology,’ Franz Boas and his mentee, John Alden Mason, on the Island at the turn of the century, revealing the relationship between those texts and Boricua identity." -- Angie Willis * co-author of forthcoming Reinaldo Arenas, Pedagogue: Readings for a Post-Fidel Castro Era *"Rafael Ocasio's Race and Nation in Puerto Rican Folklore will be of significant interest to students of Puerto Rican culture and history as it skillfully revives important events involving the U.S. and Puerto Rico that have lost definition with the passing of time, even if they have not lost relevance. The author brings to bear on an anthropological topic his unique talent for literary and cultural criticism." -- Rudyard Alcocer * author of Time Travel in the Latin American & Caribbean Imagination: Re-reading History *"Race and Nation in Puerto Rican Folklore fills in gaps both in the historiography of Puerto Rican cultural history and in the history of folkloristics in the United States. Necessary and timely issues of race, colonialism, and class as they affected the collecting and editing processes are addressed in detail. Issues of gender inequality and the effects of not including adult women in the collection, are mentioned but not unpacked at the same level." * Journal of Folklore Research *"Greyhound Grad Publishes Two Books Focused on Puerto Rican Folklore," by Desiree Cooper * Eastern New Mexico University *"For all these dazzling discoveries made with academic and intellectual rigor, you have to read this new book by Rafael Ocasio. I read it with interest, with amazement and, above all, with gratitude." * Centro Journal *"Race Nation in Puerto Rican Folklore, Ocasio, then, makes his impact on the future of his island, as well as on a future in which we study and document small, still colonized, nations, and by doing so state that they are not expendable. That no nation is." * South Atlantic Review *Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Introduction: Retention and Reinvention of Puerto Rican Oral Folklore Tales 1 Porto Rico as a Colonial Scientific Laboratory: Documenting Puerto Rican Oral Folklore Part I: The Island of Porto Rico in the U.S. Public Eye Part II: Identifying Porto Rican Folklore: The Compilation Process 2 A Post-Spanish American War National Identity: Editing Puerto Rican Folktales in a Socio-Political Vacuum Part I: Arguing about La Raza and a Native Puerto Rican Culture Part II: Editing in a Socio-Political Vacuum: Personal and Professional Differences 3 Jíbaros’ Authorship through Self-Literary Characterization Part I: A Countryside-inspired Folklore through Jíbaros’ Authorship Part II: Juan Bobo and Other Native Picaresque Characters: Surviving the Rural Campo 4 Telling a Story about Class and Ethnicity through Fairy Tales, Cuentos puertorriqueños and Leyendas Part I: Expressing Jíbaro Cultural Values through Native Oral Folklore Part II: El campo as a Site of Puerto Rican Identity in Cuentos de encantamiento, Cuentos puertorriqueños and Leyendas puertorriqueñas 5 An (Un)colored Puerto Rican Culture: Unpublished Negro Fieldwork in Old Loíza Part I: Loíza as a Site of an Afro-Puerto Rican Culture Part II: Reconstructing A Post-Slavery Afro-Puerto Rican Popular Folklore: The Unpublished Field Notes 6 Tropicalizing the Puerto Rican Racial Past: The Quest of an Indian Area Conclusion Acknowledgments Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisRace and Nation in Puerto Rican Folklore: Franz Boas and John Alden Mason in Porto Rico explores the historic research trip taken to Puerto Rico in 1915. As a component of the Scientific Survey of Porto Rico and the Virgin Islands, Boas intended to perform field research in the areas of anthropology and ethnography while other scientists explored the island’s natural resources. A young anthropologist working under Boas, John Alden Mason, rescued hundreds of oral folklore samples, ranging from popular songs, poetry, conundrums, sayings, and, most particularly, folktales while documenting native Puerto Rican cultural practices. Through his extensive excursions, Mason came in touch with the rural lives of Puerto Rican peasants, the jíbaros, who served as both his cultural informants and writers of the folklore samples. These stories, many of which are still part of the island’s literary traditions and collected in a bilingual companion volume by Rafael Ocasio, reflect a strong Puerto Rican identity coalescing in the face of the U.S. political intervention on the island. A fascinating slice of Puerto Rican history and culture sure to delight any reader! Trade Review"Race and Nation in Puerto Rican Folklore is a must-read for those interested in the cultural layout of early twentieth-century Puerto Rico and its burgeoning, sociopolitical consciousness. Ocasio expertly traces the multicultural artifacts of oral transmission collected by ‘the Father of American Anthropology,’ Franz Boas and his mentee, John Alden Mason, on the Island at the turn of the century, revealing the relationship between those texts and Boricua identity." -- Angie Willis * co-author of forthcoming Reinaldo Arenas, Pedagogue: Readings for a Post-Fidel Castro Era *"Rafael Ocasio's Race and Nation in Puerto Rican Folklore will be of significant interest to students of Puerto Rican culture and history as it skillfully revives important events involving the U.S. and Puerto Rico that have lost definition with the passing of time, even if they have not lost relevance. The author brings to bear on an anthropological topic his unique talent for literary and cultural criticism." -- Rudyard Alcocer * author of Time Travel in the Latin American & Caribbean Imagination: Re-reading History *"Race and Nation in Puerto Rican Folklore fills in gaps both in the historiography of Puerto Rican cultural history and in the history of folkloristics in the United States. Necessary and timely issues of race, colonialism, and class as they affected the collecting and editing processes are addressed in detail. Issues of gender inequality and the effects of not including adult women in the collection, are mentioned but not unpacked at the same level." * Journal of Folklore Research *"Greyhound Grad Publishes Two Books Focused on Puerto Rican Folklore," by Desiree Cooper * Eastern New Mexico University *"For all these dazzling discoveries made with academic and intellectual rigor, you have to read this new book by Rafael Ocasio. I read it with interest, with amazement and, above all, with gratitude." * Centro Journal *"Race & Nation in Puerto Rican Folklore, Ocasio, then, makes his impact on the future of his island, as well as on a future in which we study and document small, still colonized, nations, and by doing so state that they are not expendable. That no nation is." * South Atlantic Review *"Race and Nation in Puerto Rican Folklore is a must-read for those interested in the cultural layout of early twentieth-century Puerto Rico and its burgeoning, sociopolitical consciousness. Ocasio expertly traces the multicultural artifacts of oral transmission collected by ‘the Father of American Anthropology,’ Franz Boas and his mentee, John Alden Mason, on the Island at the turn of the century, revealing the relationship between those texts and Boricua identity." -- Angie Willis * co-author of forthcoming Reinaldo Arenas, Pedagogue: Readings for a Post-Fidel Castro Era *"Rafael Ocasio's Race and Nation in Puerto Rican Folklore will be of significant interest to students of Puerto Rican culture and history as it skillfully revives important events involving the U.S. and Puerto Rico that have lost definition with the passing of time, even if they have not lost relevance. The author brings to bear on an anthropological topic his unique talent for literary and cultural criticism." -- Rudyard Alcocer * author of Time Travel in the Latin American & Caribbean Imagination: Re-reading History *"Race and Nation in Puerto Rican Folklore fills in gaps both in the historiography of Puerto Rican cultural history and in the history of folkloristics in the United States. Necessary and timely issues of race, colonialism, and class as they affected the collecting and editing processes are addressed in detail. Issues of gender inequality and the effects of not including adult women in the collection, are mentioned but not unpacked at the same level." * Journal of Folklore Research *"Greyhound Grad Publishes Two Books Focused on Puerto Rican Folklore," by Desiree Cooper * Eastern New Mexico University *"For all these dazzling discoveries made with academic and intellectual rigor, you have to read this new book by Rafael Ocasio. I read it with interest, with amazement and, above all, with gratitude." * Centro Journal *"Race Nation in Puerto Rican Folklore, Ocasio, then, makes his impact on the future of his island, as well as on a future in which we study and document small, still colonized, nations, and by doing so state that they are not expendable. That no nation is." * South Atlantic Review *Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Introduction: Retention and Reinvention of Puerto Rican Oral Folklore Tales 1 Porto Rico as a Colonial Scientific Laboratory: Documenting Puerto Rican Oral Folklore Part I: The Island of Porto Rico in the U.S. Public Eye Part II: Identifying Porto Rican Folklore: The Compilation Process 2 A Post-Spanish American War National Identity: Editing Puerto Rican Folktales in a Socio-Political Vacuum Part I: Arguing about La Raza and a Native Puerto Rican Culture Part II: Editing in a Socio-Political Vacuum: Personal and Professional Differences 3 Jíbaros’ Authorship through Self-Literary Characterization Part I: A Countryside-inspired Folklore through Jíbaros’ Authorship Part II: Juan Bobo and Other Native Picaresque Characters: Surviving the Rural Campo 4 Telling a Story about Class and Ethnicity through Fairy Tales, Cuentos puertorriqueños and Leyendas Part I: Expressing Jíbaro Cultural Values through Native Oral Folklore Part II: El campo as a Site of Puerto Rican Identity in Cuentos de encantamiento, Cuentos puertorriqueños and Leyendas puertorriqueñas 5 An (Un)colored Puerto Rican Culture: Unpublished Negro Fieldwork in Old Loíza Part I: Loíza as a Site of an Afro-Puerto Rican Culture Part II: Reconstructing A Post-Slavery Afro-Puerto Rican Popular Folklore: The Unpublished Field Notes 6 Tropicalizing the Puerto Rican Racial Past: The Quest of an Indian Area Conclusion Acknowledgments Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThe Lenape tribe, also known as the Delaware Nation, lived for centuries on the land that English colonists later called New Jersey. But once America gained its independence, they were forced to move further west: to Indiana, then Missouri, and finally to the territory that became Oklahoma. These reluctant migrants were not able to carry much from their ancestral homeland, but they managed to preserve the stories that had been passed down for generations. On the Turtle’s Back is the first collection of Lenape folklore, originally compiled by anthropologist M. R. Harrington over a century ago but never published until now. In it, the Delaware share their cherished tales about the world’s creation, epic heroes, and ordinary human foibles. It features stories told to Harrington by two Lenape couples, Julius and Minnie Fouts and Charles and Susan Elkhair, who sought to officially record their legends before their language and cultural traditions died out. More recent interviews with Lenape elders are also included, as their reflections on hearing these stories as children speak to the status of the tribe and its culture today. Together, they welcome you into their rich and wondrous imaginative world. Trade ReviewExclusive Interview on All of It with Alison Stewart: "A New Collection of Lenape Folklore" * WNYC *“With On the Turtle’s Back, Camilla Townsend and Nicky Kay Michael offer a stunning edition of Lenape stories that have been told through centuries of cultural practice. They outline key historical struggles in Lenape history to contextualize the meaningfulness of the survivance of those stories. They draw together creation, big house, learning, and other stories. “Told [to] their grandchildren” gestures to a past in which Lenape cared for their stories and a future in which those stories are still meaningful. It is the book I have yearned for as a Lenape person and scholar.” -- Joanne Barker * (Lenape [Delaware Tribe of Indians]), author of Red Scare: The Empire’s Indigenous Terrorist and Nat *“On the Turtle’s Back offers an engaging and previously unpublished collection of Lenape/Delaware stories narrated in the early twentieth century. The scholarship is strong, and the research is impressive; there is no comparable volume in the field.” -- Jean R. Soderlund * author of Separate Paths: Lenapes and Colonists in West New Jersey *Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Introduction: The Storytellers’ History 1 Creation Stories The Turtle’s Back The Seven Stars The Snow and Ice Boy The Girl Who Sounds the Thunders A Snake Legend [Julius Fouts] The Disappearance of Corn [Charles Elkhair] 2 Big House Stories The Misingwe [Charles Elkhair] Vision on the Kansas River [Charles Elkhair] The Future of the Big House [Charles Elkhair and Julius Fouts] Delaware Church [Julius Fouts] 3 Culture Heroes Ball Player [Julius Fouts] The Big Fish [Charles Elkhair] Wehixamukes (Strong Man) [Charles Elkhair] 4 Humans Learning Lessons Rock-Shut-Up [Charles Elkhair] Little Masks [Julius Fouts] He Is Everywhere (Wē ma tī gŭnīs) [Julius Fouts] 5 Talking to the Dead First Cause of the Feast for the Dead [Minnie Fouts] Talking to the Dead [Susan Elkhair] Lost Boy [Charles Elkhair’s daughter?] Otter Hide [Charles Elkhair?] 6 The Coming of the Whites The Coming of the White Men [Julius Fouts] Origination of White Men [Julius Fouts] Whites & Indians [Charles Elkhair] 7 Tales of Ordinary Life A Child’s Life [Julius Fouts] The Three Clans [Julius Fouts] The Origin of Stories An Afterword in Three Parts I What Happened to the Storytellers? II Four Elders at the End of the Twentieth Century Rosetta Coffey (September 17, 1997) Pat Donnell (September 20, 1997) Joanna Nichol (October 11, 1997) Bonnie Thaxton (August 19, 1997) III Today Appendix A: The Turtle’s Back (Iroquoian and Munsee Versions) Appendix B: Dutch Arrival at Manhattan (John Heckewelder’s Version) Appendix C: The Woman Who Wanted No One (as told to Truman Michelson) Appendix D: Elected Leaders of the Delaware Tribe of Indians, ca. 1800–Present Acknowledgments Glossary Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThe Lenape tribe, also known as the Delaware Nation, lived for centuries on the land that English colonists later called New Jersey. But once America gained its independence, they were forced to move further west: to Indiana, then Missouri, and finally to the territory that became Oklahoma. These reluctant migrants were not able to carry much from their ancestral homeland, but they managed to preserve the stories that had been passed down for generations. On the Turtle’s Back is the first collection of Lenape folklore, originally compiled by anthropologist M. R. Harrington over a century ago but never published until now. In it, the Delaware share their cherished tales about the world’s creation, epic heroes, and ordinary human foibles. It features stories told to Harrington by two Lenape couples, Julius and Minnie Fouts and Charles and Susan Elkhair, who sought to officially record their legends before their language and cultural traditions died out. More recent interviews with Lenape elders are also included, as their reflections on hearing these stories as children speak to the status of the tribe and its culture today. Together, they welcome you into their rich and wondrous imaginative world. Trade Review“With On the Turtle’s Back, Camilla Townsend and Nicky Kay Michael offer a stunning edition of Lenape stories that have been told through centuries of cultural practice. They outline key historical struggles in Lenape history to contextualize the meaningfulness of the survivance of those stories. They draw together creation, big house, learning, and other stories. “Told [to] their grandchildren” gestures to a past in which Lenape cared for their stories and a future in which those stories are still meaningful. It is the book I have yearned for as a Lenape person and scholar.”— Joanne Barker, (Lenape [Delaware Tribe of Indians]), author of Red Scare: The Empire’s Indigenous Terrorist and Nat Exclusive Interview on All of It with Alison Stewart: "A New Collection of Lenape Folklore"— WNYC “On the Turtle’s Back offers an engaging and previously unpublished collection of Lenape/Delaware stories narrated in the early twentieth century. The scholarship is strong, and the research is impressive; there is no comparable volume in the field.” — Jean R. Soderlund, author of Separate Paths: Lenapes and Colonists in West New JerseyTable of ContentsList of Illustrations Introduction: The Storytellers’ History 1 Creation Stories The Turtle’s Back The Seven Stars The Snow and Ice Boy The Girl Who Sounds the Thunders A Snake Legend [Julius Fouts] The Disappearance of Corn [Charles Elkhair] 2 Big House Stories The Misingwe [Charles Elkhair] Vision on the Kansas River [Charles Elkhair] The Future of the Big House [Charles Elkhair and Julius Fouts] Delaware Church [Julius Fouts] 3 Culture Heroes Ball Player [Julius Fouts] The Big Fish [Charles Elkhair] Wehixamukes (Strong Man) [Charles Elkhair] 4 Humans Learning Lessons Rock-Shut-Up [Charles Elkhair] Little Masks [Julius Fouts] He Is Everywhere (Wē ma tī gŭnīs) [Julius Fouts] 5 Talking to the Dead First Cause of the Feast for the Dead [Minnie Fouts] Talking to the Dead [Susan Elkhair] Lost Boy [Charles Elkhair’s daughter?] Otter Hide [Charles Elkhair?] 6 The Coming of the Whites The Coming of the White Men [Julius Fouts] Origination of White Men [Julius Fouts] Whites & Indians [Charles Elkhair] 7 Tales of Ordinary Life A Child’s Life [Julius Fouts] The Three Clans [Julius Fouts] The Origin of Stories An Afterword in Three Parts I What Happened to the Storytellers? II Four Elders at the End of the Twentieth Century Rosetta Coffey (September 17, 1997) Pat Donnell (September 20, 1997) Joanna Nichol (October 11, 1997) Bonnie Thaxton (August 19, 1997) III Today Appendix A: The Turtle’s Back (Iroquoian and Munsee Versions) Appendix B: Dutch Arrival at Manhattan (John Heckewelder’s Version) Appendix C: The Woman Who Wanted No One (as told to Truman Michelson) Appendix D: Elected Leaders of the Delaware Tribe of Indians, ca. 1800–Present Acknowledgments Glossary Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThis exciting new anthology gathers together Puerto Rican folktales that were passed down orally for generations before finally being transcribed beginning in 1914 by the team of famous anthropologist Franz Boas. These charming tales give readers a window into the imaginations and aspirations of Puerto Rico’s peasants, the Jíbaro. Some stories provide a distinctive Caribbean twist on classic tales including “Snow White” and “Cinderella.” Others fictionalize the lives of local historical figures, such as infamous pirate Roberto Cofresí, rendered here as a Robin Hood figure who subverts the colonial social order. The collection also introduces such beloved local characters as Cucarachita Martina, the kind cockroach who falls in love with Ratoncito Pérez, her devoted mouse husband who brings her delicious food. Including a fresh English translation of each folktale as well as the original Spanish version, the collection also contains an introduction from literary historian Rafael Ocasio that highlights the historical importance of these tales and the Jíbaro cultural values they impart. These vibrant, funny, and poignant stories will give readers unique insights into Puerto Rico’s rich cultural heritage. Esta nueva y emocionante antología reúne cuentos populares puertorriqueños que fueron transmitidos oralmente durante generaciones antes de ser finalmente transcritos comenzando en 1914 por el equipo del famoso antropólogo Franz Boas. Estos encantadores cuentos ofrecen a los lectores un vistazo a la imaginación y las aspiraciones de los jíbaros, los campesinos de Puerto Rico. Algunas historias brindan un distintivo toque caribeño a cuentos clásicos como "Blanca Nieves" y "Cenicienta". Otros ficcionalizan la vida de personajes históricos locales, como el famoso pirata Roberto Cofresí, representado como una figura al estilo de Robin Hood, quien subvierte el orden social colonial. La colección también presenta personajes locales tan queridos como Cucarachita Martina, la amable cucaracha que se enamora de Ratoncito Pérez, su devoto esposo ratón que le trae deliciosa comida. Incluyendo una nueva traducción al inglés de estos cuentos populares, así como las versiones originales en español, la colección también contiene una introducción del historiador literario Rafael Ocasio, quien destaca la importancia histórica de estos cuentos y los valores culturales del jíbaro que éstos imparten en los relatos. Estas historias vibrantes, divertidas y conmovedoras brindarán a los lectores una visión única de la rica herencia cultural de Puerto Rico.Introducción en español (https://d3tto5i5w9ogdd.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/03154419/Ocasio_Cuentos_Intro_Espan%CC%83ol.pdf)Rafael Ocasio will discussing his book, 'Folk Stories from the Hills of Puerto Rico / Cuentos folklóricos de las montañas de Puerto Rico' at Biblioteca Juvenil de Mayagüez in Puerto Rico (https://youtu.be/o6Tub094EoI)Trade Review"Rafael Ocasio’s unique bilingual anthology, Folk Stories from the Hills of Puerto Rico, is a treasure of delectable and profound tales collected at the beginning of the twentieth century. Moreover, Ocasio’s comprehensive introduction and notes about the history of these tales fills a gap in our understanding of the unusual contribution made by Puerto Rican peasants to the island’s cultural tradition. In short, this is a significant and remarkable book that will bring joy to readers." -- Jack Zipes * translator and editor of The Original Folk and Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm: The Complete First *"Esta excepcional antología bilingüe por Rafael Ocasio, Cuentos folklóricos de las montañas de Puerto Rico, es un tesoro de sabrosos e intensos cuentos recopilados a principios del siglo XX. Además, la amplia introducción de Ocasio y sus notas sobre la historia de estos cuentos llenan un vacío sobre nuestra comprensión de la inusual contribución realizada por los campesinos puertorriqueños a la tradición cultural de la isla. En resumen, este es un libro significativo y extraordinario que llenará de alegría a sus lectores." -- Jack Zipes * traductor y editor, The Original Folk and Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm: The Complete First Edit *"The tales collected in this volume highlight Jibaro ingenuity, courage, and resilience while illuminating Puerto Rican traditions and values that contextualize the time in which they were collected. Like the jewels excavated by the legendary pirate Contreras, these folk stories are still 'very pretty and very valuable,' and they demand to be shared." -- Lorraine M. López * author of Rituals of Movement in the Writing of Judith Ortiz Cofer *"Los cuentos recogidos en este volumen resaltan el ingenio, el coraje y la resiliencia del jíbaro, al tiempo que iluminan las tradiciones y valores puertorriqueños que contextualizan el tiempo en que fueron recogidos. Al igual que las joyas excavadas por el legendario pirata Contreras, estas historias populares siguen siendo 'muy bonitas y muy valiosas,' y exigen ser compartidas." -- Lorraine M. López * autora de Rituals of Movement in the Writing of Judith Ortiz Cofer *"Presentan Libro Sobre Los Cuentos Folklóricos de Puerto Rico" * Periodico Vision de Mayaguez *Highlighted as the author of Folk Tales from the Hills of Puerto Rico/Cuentos folklóricos de las montañas de Puerto Rico * CARICON 2021 Magazine *"Popular Puerto Rican folklore to be shared in the Caribbean, North and Latin America." * Caribbean Magazine *"Greyhound Grad Publishes Two Books Focused on Puerto Rican Folklore," by Desiree Cooper * Eastern New Mexico University *"Mapping Puerto Rico Through Folklore," an interview with Rafael Ocasio * The Caribbean Science Fiction Network *Podcast and interview, “Cuentos folklóricos de las montañas de Puerto Rico”, Mirada Científica. Episodo Desinformación – Narrativas * Mirada Científica podcast *"Bilingual folklore book sheds light on Puerto Rican cultural identity," by John McPhaul * The San Juan Daily Star *Historias 157 - Rural Folktales and Empire in Puerto Rico with Rafa Ocasio * Historias podcast *Table of ContentsA Note on the Stories Introduction 1 Jíbaro Readaptations of Fairy Tales: Snow White and la Cenizosa (Cinderella) Blanca Nieves / Snow White Blanca Nieves (1) / Snow White (1) Blanca Nieves (2) / Snow White (2) Blanca Flor / White Flower La Cenizosa / Cinderella María, la Ceninoza / María, Cinderella Rosa, la Cenizosa / Rosa, Cinderella Rosita, la Cenicienta / Rosita, Cinderella 2 Rescuing Encantados El príncipe clavel / The Carnation Prince El príncipe becerro / The Calf Prince Las tres rosas de Alejandría / The Three Roses of Alexandria Los siete cuervos / The Seven Crows El caballo misterioso / The Mysterious Horse El caballito negro / The Little Black Horse El padre y los tres hijos / The Father and the Three Sons El caballo de siete colores / The Horse of Seven Colors 3 Fantastic and Impossible Quests La flor del olivar / The Flower of the Olive Grove La joven y la serpiente / The Maiden and the Serpent Los tres trajes / The Three Dresses 4 Juan Bobo: A Deceiving TricksterJuan manda la cerda a misa / Juan Bobo Sends the Pig to Mass Juan mata la vaca / Juan Kills the Cow Juan Bobo se muere cuando el burro se tire tres pedos / Juan Bobo Dies When the Donkey Farts Three Times Juan y los objetos mágicos / Juan and the Magical Objects La olla que calienta el agua sin fuego / The Pot That Heats Water without Fire El conejo que llama a su amo / The Rabbit That Calls His Master El pito que resucita / The Whistle That Brings People Back to Life Juan y los ladrones / Juan and the Thieves 5 Beware of Strangers Los niños perdidos / The Lost Children Los niños huérfanos (1) / The Orphaned Children (1) Los niños huérfanos (2) / The Orphaned Children (2) La mata de ají / The Pepper Plant 6 El Pirata Cofresí: A National Hero and Other Notable BanditsEl niño Cofresí / The Boy Cofresí Cofresí defiende su honor / Cofresí Defends His Honor Cofresí en el palacio misterioso / Cofresí in the Mysterious Palace Recordando a Cofresí / Remembering Cofresí Contreras / Contreras 7 Brief Stories and Anecdotes Dios, el rico y el pobre / God, the Rich Man, and the Poor Man El carbonero / The Charcoal Maker La mala esposa / The Bad Wife La vieja miserable / The Miserable Old Woman Juan sabe más que el rey / Juan Knows More Than the King Juanito, el Hijo de la Burra / Juanito, the Son of the Donkey La Cucarachita Martina / Martina, the Charming Cockroach Arañita Martina y Ratoncito Pérez / Arañita Martina and Ratoncito Pérez Acknowledgments Notes Works Cited Index

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Book SynopsisThis book focuses on the figure of Charos, widespread throughout the Hellenic world, including Cyprus and the Pontus region, and the folk mythology of modern Greece. Michał Bzinkowski, analyzing Greek demotic songs, especially mirologia (dirges) and the songs of the Underworld and Charos, as well as an Acritic cycle of alleged Byzantine origin, sets out to ascertain the characteristics of this enigmatic and ambiguous personage.

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Book SynopsisDecades of war, social upheaval and political change have not lessened the enduring interest of the people of East Timor (Timor-Leste) in their oral traditions, something they share with their neighbors in the eastern islands of Indonesia. Although oral literature continues to occupy a central place in Timorese cultures, new forms of expression are emerging (for instance via published fiction and in social media). Nonetheless, the corpus of Timorese oral narrative largely retains an underlying metaphysical unity. Among others, it continues to express indigenous notions about gender and precedence - two important sociocultural markers that are among the most prominent topics currently under discussion by scholars of the region today. What has yet to be done, however, is to bring Timorese oral narratives into mainstream social science scholarship by subjecting them to a rigorous scholarly analysis. That is the purpose of this masterly study by the veteran Timor scholar, David Hicks. Drawing upon more than a half century of fieldwork and publishing, he discusses the tropes found in and illuminating Timorese metaphysical thought and literature. No other work has discussed these tropes before nor indeed attempted to discern patterns of thought in Timorese narratives. Certainly, the study will be of interest to scholars of literature, social science, structural analysis, Indonesian cultures and philosophy, as well as to those interested in the country's colonial past and in efforts to conserve its natural environment. The book should also appeal to educated citizens of Timor-Leste; here is a work illuminating how future aspirations might be grounded in a common heritage.

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Book SynopsisIn 1931 a book appeared in London with the title A Yellow Sleuth: Being the Autobiography of “Nor Nalla” (Detective-Sergeant Federated Malay States Police). It was met with puzzled enthusiasm, TheStraits Times commenting that the book “presents an interesting problem of distinguishing fact from fiction”. The author claimed to be of mixed Malay and Sakai descent, fluent in many of the languages spoken in Southeast Asia, and able to pass as Malay, Sakai, Chinese, Javanese or Burmese. He began by stating that “this story will honestly recount the part I have played in the detection of crime”, but added that he had changed personal and place names, and used a pseudonym because it would “be foolish of me to advertise my identity”. He concluded, engagingly enough, “So there you have it! A true history! And, for a start you learn that it is largely untrue.”The name Nor Nalla is an anagram, and the author has been identified as Ronald (Ron) Allan, who worked on a rubber plantation in Malaya shortly before World War I. But many questions about his authorship remain.Nor Nalla is an “impossible fantasy of hybridity” in the words of Philip Holden’s introduction. Like Kipling’s famous colonial spy, Kim, the yellow sleuth is a master of the undercover operation, from the forests of Malaya, to the ports of Java, in London’s Chinatown and with Chinese labourers in WWI Flanders. Contemporary readers will enjoy the book’s stories of detection and adventure, but they can also savour the way the author and his narrator navigate and reveal the contradictions of late colonial society.

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