UID:
kobvindex_HPB913695190
Format:
1 online resource (390 pages)
ISBN:
9780814752685
,
0814752683
Content:
--The New York Times Book Review This is a study of the meaning of gender as framed by the swan maiden tale, a story found in the folklore of virtually every culture. The swan maiden is a supernatural woman forced to marry, keep house, and bear children for a mortal man who holds the key to her imprisonment. When she manages to regain this key, she escapes to the otherworld, never to return. These tales have most often been interpreted as depicting exogamous marriages, describing the girl from another tribe trapped in a world where she will always be the outsider. Barbara Fass Leavy belie.
Note:
Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; CHAPTER 1 Introduction: The Dangerous Adventure; CHAPTER 2 Urvaśī and the Swan Maidens: The Runaway Wife; CHAPTER 3 The Devil's Bride; CHAPTER 4 The Animal Groom; CHAPTER 5 Swan Maiden and Incubus; CHAPTER 6 The Animal Bride; CHAPTER 7 Orpheus's Quest; CHAPTER 8 Etain's Two Husbands: The Swan Maiden's Choice; Notes; Bibliography; Index of Selected Names and Titles.
Additional Edition:
Print version: Leavy, Barbara Fass. In Search of the Swan Maiden : A Narrative on Folklore and Gender. New York : NYU Press, ©1995 ISBN 9780814751008
Language:
English
Keywords:
Classification
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Folklore
URL:
https://doi.org/10.18574/nyu/9780814752685.001.0001
