Trickster Tales by Josepha Sherman

Trickster Tales by Josepha Sherman

PLA/ALS Best New Books for New Adult ReadersPeople of all ages love to watch the escapades of tricksters. In modern times, we watch Bugs Bunny, Road Runner and Wile E. Coyote, even Ace Ventura and Bart Simpson. But these contemporary characters have roots in antiquity. The trickster is a universal archetype, found in every culture: Anansi among the African people, Coyote in the American Southwest, Raven in the Pacific Northwest, Rabbit in the American South, the leprechaun in Ireland, and Fox in South America. Josepha Sherman has collected forty stories of tricksters from around the globe. Sometimes human, sometimes animal, most often male (but occasionally a female, as Sherman demonstrates), the trickster is like a force of nature, an Id unchecked by Superego. He is the sort of being who says, while acting on impulse, What happens if I do this? What will happen next? These stories come from forty world cultures, including ancient Babylonia, Botswana, and China. This multicultural collection will teach readers the importance of caring, fairness and resourcefulness.

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ISBN 13	9780874834505
ISBN 10	0874834503
Titre	Trickster Tales
Auteur	Josepha Sherman
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Type de reliure	Paperback
Éditeur	August House Publishers
Année de publication	2005-12-27
Nombre de pages	172
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