Rhetorics and politics in Afghan traditional storytelling / Margaret A. Mills
Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1991. 1st Edition. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-dulled dust wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #447435
ISBN: 0812281993
Fine Physical description: 388 pages : maps. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 369-380) and index. In English. Contents: Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- A Note on Transliteration -- 1. Where We Were -- 2. What Gets Said -- 3. Khal?fah Kar?m, "Mulla Mongol the Martyr" -- 4. Khal?fah Kar?m, "Ras?l's Mother" -- 5. ?khond Mulla Mahm?d, "Ten Qer?n"1 -- 6. ?khond Mulla Mahm?d, "Sal?m the Jeweller" -- 7. Khal?fah Kar?m, " '?del Kh?n 'the Just' " -- 8. ?khond Mulla Mahm?d, "Mahm?d of Ghazn? and the Thieves" -- 9. ?khond Mulla Mahm?d, "The Old Thief with Five Sons" -- 10. ?khond Mulla Mahm?d, "Women's Tricks" -- 11. "Fill a Pipe for the ?khond!": The ?khond and the Rabbi of Herat -- 12. ?khond Mulla Mahm?d, "That Little Donkey and That Little Door" and "If/But" -- 13. ?khond Mulla Mahm?d, "Black and White" -- 14. Khal?fah Kar?m, "The Corrupt and the Good" -- 15. Khal?fah Kar?m, "The Ill Fortune of the City of R?m" -- 16. "I speak with each according to his understanding ..." -- Appendix 1: Transliteration Sample -- Appendix 2: Glossary -- Appendix 3: Motif and Tale Type Index -- Bibliography -- Index. Subjects: Tales Afghanistan Her?t (Province). Storytelling Afghanistan. Folklore Political aspects Afghanistan. Tales Afghanistan Hera?t (Province).
Price: €48.95