Martha Warren Beckwith

Jamaica Anansi Stories (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Brought from West Africa during the slave trade, the legend of Anansi, a spider-god and trickster spirit, is central to the folklore of the Jamaican people. Compiled and arranged by famed ethnographer Martha Warren Beckwith, Jamaica Anansi Stories is a definitive record of the songs, stories, and riddles of the Jamaican oral tradition.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Mint Editions
• Seitenzahl: 316
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Mai 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781513293592
• Artikelnr.: 61893634

Autorenporträt

Martha Warren Beckwith (1871-1959) was an American folklorist and ethnographer. Born in Wellesley Heights, Massachusetts, Beckwith attended Mount Holyoke College before graduating with a Master's degree in anthropology from Columbia University in 1906. In 1920, having earned her PhD, she became the chair of Vassar College's Folklore program. Specializing in Hawaiian, Jamaican, and Native American cultures, Beckwith published numerous collections of proverbs, folk stories, myths, and ethnographies from her extensive research, often conducted with renowned ethnomusicologist Helen H. Roberts.