The last storytellers : tales from the heart of Morocco /

The last storytellers : tales from the heart of Morocco /

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Bibliographic Details
Imprint:	London ; New York : I.B. Tauris ; New York : Distributed in the U.S. exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.
Description:	xv, 235 p. ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Storytellers -- Morocco -- Marrakech. Storytelling -- Morocco -- Marrakech -- History. Oral tradition -- Morocco -- Marrakech. Tales -- Morocco -- Marrakech. Oral tradition. Storytellers. Storytelling. Tales. Morocco -- Marrakech. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8691767

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Other authors / contributors:	Hamilton, Richard (Radio journalist) Rogerson, Barnaby.
ISBN:	9781848854918 1848854919
Notes:	In English; translated from Arabic.
Summary:	Marrakech is the heart and lifeblood of Moroccoʹs ancient storytelling tradition. For nearly a thousand years, storytellers have gathered in Jemaa el Fna, the legendary square of the city, to recount ancient folktales and fables to rapt audiences. But this unique chain of oral tradition that has passed seamlessly from generation to generation is teetering on the brink of extinction. The competing distractions of television, movies, and the Internet have drawn the crowds away from the storytellers and few have the desire to learn the stories and continue their legacy. Richard Hamilton has witnessed first-hand the death throes of this rich and captivating tradition and, in the labyrinth of the Marrakech medina, has tracked down the last few remaining storytellers, recording stories that are replete with the mysteries and beauty of the Maghreb. -- Book jacket.

Table of Contents:

Introduction
-- The Red Lantern
- The Fakir and the Frog
- The Gazelle with the Golden Horns
- The Shoemaker and the Bird
- The Traveller and the Sultanʹs Daughter
- The Woman who fell in love with the Hermit
- The Trials of Noureddine
- The Sultan and his Vizierʹs Wife
- The Thief and the Judge
- Seven Coins and a Donkey
- The Girl from Fes
- The Sultan and his Vizier
- The Sultanʹs Daughter
- The Clothes Merchant and the Young Woman
- The Laundryman
- The Man who went against his Fatherʹs Wishes
- The Lion and the Wolf
- The Oil Merchantʹs Son
- The Sultan and the Chicken
- The Two Hunchbacks
- El-Ghaliya bent Mansour
- King Kadour and his son Mouhand
- The Land and the Treasure
- The Statue and the Robber
- The Tailor, the Princess and the Eagle
- Nour and the Sultan
- The Sultan and the Thief
- The Eyes of BenʹAdi
- The Vizier and the Barber
- The Imam and the Wager
- The Date Gatherers
- Ismail and the Thieves
- The Birth of the Sahara
- The Christian Woman
- The Rich Woman and the Sacks of Corn
- The Nobleman and his Three Sons
- The Vengeance of Allah
- The Three Figs
- The Legend of the Rose
- Aicha Rmada
- The Queen and the King, the son of Amelkani
- The Bird from the Land of Gabour
- One hundred and one Beheadings
- The Sultanʹs Daughter and the Leper
- The Woman and the Black Cat
- The City and the Countryside
- Suleiman and the Stork
- The Woman and the Devil
- The Pomegranate and the Talking Drum.