Jewish Moroccan Folk Narratives from Israel

by Haya Bar-Itzhak and Aliza Shenhar

Book Overview

This study presents a unique selection of folk narratives of Moroccan Jews in Israel. The narratives were recorded as part of a research project undertaken in the development town of Shlomi, Israel. Jewish Moroccan Folk Narratives from Israel focuses on two central elements: textual research to examine the aesthetic qualities of the narrative, their division into genres, the various versions and their parallels, and acculturation in Israel; and contextual...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814324436
• ISBN13: 9780814324431
• Release Date: January 1993
• Publisher: Wayne State University Press
• Length: 206 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.