Legends of People, Myths of State
Author : Bruce Kapferer
Publisher : Washington [D.C.] : Smithsonian Institution Press
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 39,12 MB
Release : 1988
Category : Political Science
ISBN :
Legends of People, Myths of State
Author : Bruce Kapferer
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 444 pages
File Size : 43,45 MB
Release : 2011-12-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0857455176
Book Description
The civil war in Sri Lanka and the part that nationalism seemed to play in it inspired the writing of this book some twenty-three years ago. The argument was developed through a comparative analysis of nationalism in Sri Lanka with the author’s native Australia. At the time this constituted an innovative approach to comparison in anthropology, as well as to nationalism and its possibilities. It was not based on differences but on the way in which perspectives from within the two nationalisms, when seen side-by-side, could present an understanding of their implication in producing the violence of war, racism, and social exclusion. The book has lost none of its importance and urgency as proven by the chapters in the Appendix, written by top scholars working in Sri Lanka and in Australia. These contributions bring together new material and critically explore the book’s themes and their continued relevance to the various trajectories in nationalist processes since the first publication of the book.
Founding Myths
Author : Ray Raphael
Publisher : New Press, The
Page : 434 pages
File Size : 40,95 MB
Release : 2014-07-04
Category : History
ISBN : 159558949X
Book Description
First published ten years ago, award-winning historian Ray Raphael’s Founding Myths has since established itself as a landmark of historical myth-busting. With the author’s trademark wit and flair, Founding Myths exposes the errors and inventions in America’s most cherished tales, from Paul Revere’s famous ride to Patrick Henry’s “Liberty or Death” speech. For the seventy thousand readers who have been captivated by Raphael’s eye-opening accounts, history has never been the same. In this revised tenth-anniversary edition, Raphael revisits the original myths and explores their further evolution over the past decade, uncovering new stories and peeling back additional layers of misinformation. This new edition also examines the highly politicized debates over America’s past, as well as how school textbooks and popular histories often reinforce rather than correct historical mistakes. A book that “explores the truth behind the stories of the making of our nation” (National Public Radio), this revised edition of Founding Myths will be a welcome resource for anyone seeking to separate historical fact from fiction.
World Myths and Legends
Author : Kathy Ceceri
Publisher : Nomad Press
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 45,23 MB
Release : 2010-03-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1619300540
Book Description
All societies have their own myths and legends, but they're much more than just stories. Myths and legends tell us about a people’s history, science, and cultural values—the things they knew, the things they believed, and the things they felt were important. World Myths and Legends retells tales from the Middle East, Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia, and the Americas. From the Greek myths to ancient epics like Gilgamesh and the trickster tales of Anansi the Spider, it helps readers think about why the same themes, characters, and events may show up in different parts of the globe. Along the way kids will also find lots of fun and interesting projects that let them experience the stories first-hand. World Myths and Legends unveils wonders of the ancient world as it takes readers on a fascinating adventure of mystery and imagination.
Between History and Myth
Author : Bruce Lincoln
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 44,95 MB
Release : 2014-09
Category : History
ISBN : 022614092X
Book Description
Medieval accounts of how Norway was unified by its first king provide a lively, revealing, and wonderfully entertaining example of this process. Taking the story of how Harald Fairhair unified Norway in the ninth century as its central example, Bruce Lincoln illuminates the way a state's foundation story blurs the distinction between history and myth and how variant tellings of origin stories provide opportunities for dissidence and subversion as subtle - or not so subtle - modifications are introduced through details of character, incident, and plot structure.
Michigan Legends
Author : Sheryl James
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
Page : 155 pages
File Size : 45,36 MB
Release : 2013-04-16
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0472051741
Book Description
A collection of stories drawn from Michigan’s rich folk heritage
Myth America
Author : Kevin M. Kruse
Publisher : Hachette UK
Page : 361 pages
File Size : 35,50 MB
Release : 2023-01-03
Category : History
ISBN : 1541601408
Book Description
In this instant New York Times bestseller, America’s top historians set the record straight on the most pernicious myths about our nation’s past. The United States is in the grip of a crisis of bad history. Distortions of the past promoted in the conservative media have led large numbers of Americans to believe in fictions over facts, making constructive dialogue impossible and imperiling our democracy. In Myth America, Kevin M. Kruse and Julian E. Zelizer have assembled an all-star team of fellow historians to push back against this misinformation. The contributors debunk narratives that portray the New Deal and Great Society as failures, immigrants as hostile invaders, and feminists as anti-family warriors—among numerous other partisan lies. Based on a firm foundation of historical scholarship, their findings revitalize our understanding of American history. Replacing myths with research and reality, Myth America is essential reading amid today’s heated debates about our nation’s past. With Essays By Akhil Reed Amar • Kathleen Belew • Carol Anderson • Kevin Kruse • Erika Lee • Daniel Immerwahr • Elizabeth Hinton • Naomi Oreskes • Erik M. Conway • Ari Kelman • Geraldo Cadava • David A. Bell • Joshua Zeitz • Sarah Churchwell • Michael Kazin • Karen L. Cox • Eric Rauchway • Glenda Gilmore • Natalia Mehlman Petrzela • Lawrence B. Glickman • Julian E. Zelizer
Indian Legends of the Pacific Northwest
Author : Ella E. Clark
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 43,61 MB
Release : 2023-11-10
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0520350960
Book Description
This collection of more than one hundred tribal tales, culled from the oral tradition of the Indians of Washington and Oregon, presents the Indians' own stories, told for generations around their fires, of the mountains, lakes, and rivers, and of the creation of the world and the heavens above. Each group of stories is prefaced by a brief factual account of Indian beliefs and of storytelling customs. Indian Legends of the Pacific Northwest is a treasure, still in print after fifty years.
Myths and Legends of China
Author : E. T. C. Werner
Publisher : The Floating Press
Page : 566 pages
File Size : 26,12 MB
Release : 2009-01-01
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 177541440X
Book Description
The West's first encounters with the folk tales and myths of the East proved to be a heady experience, as they were based on an entirely different value system and worldview than those that are reflected in the Greek myths and most subsequent Western folk tales. In Myths and Legends of China, author E.T.C. Werner offers up a rich tapestry of Chinese folk narratives. A must-read for fans of world myths, fairy tales, and legends.
The Legends and Myths of Hawaii
Author : David Kalakaua (King of Hawaii)
Publisher :
Page : 572 pages
File Size : 22,95 MB
Release : 1888
Category : Folklore
ISBN :
