The anguish of snails [electronic resource] : Native American folklore in the West / Barre Toelken

Author	Toelken, Barre
Title	The anguish of snails [electronic resource] : Native American folklore in the West / Barre Toelken
Imprint	Logan, Utah : Utah State University Press, c2003
Connect to	http://www.netLibrary.com/urlapi.asp?action=summary&v=1&bookid=101632
Descript	xii, 204 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm

CONTENT

Prologue: the snail's clues -- Cultural patterns in Native American folklore: an introduction -- Visual patterns of performance: arts -- Kinetic patterns of performance: dance -- Oral patterns of performance: story and song -- Patterns and themes in Native humor -- Cultural patterns of discovery -- Epilogue: "gleaning" and the active audience

Indians of North America -- West (U.S.) -- Folklore Folklore -- Performance -- West (U.S.) Folklore -- West (U.S.) -- Classification Oral tradition -- West (U.S.) Electronic books.