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  Luckless, Witless, and Filthy-Footed : A Sociocultural Study and Publishing History Analysis of "The Lazy Boy"

  Article on narrative motifs and patterns of historical development in the folkloric story of "The Lazy Boy" : a "male tale" traced internationally over nearly five hundred years of oral and written storytelling, through various iterations of characters and themes, and across linguistic boundaries. Author's critical analysis of "The Lazy Boy" used "to explore...questions in contemporary folk narrative research" (259). Emphasis on the roles of anger, stupidity, sexuality, and class in various of the story's versions; how the story's aspects vary in its telling between one cultural community and another.

  Tags Cambodia, Estonia, Finland, Folklore, France, Gender and Sexuality, Italy, Missouri, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Folklore, Nonfiction -- French in North America, Norway, Puerto Rico, Rhode Island, Russia, Sicily, Spain, Sweden
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  French Canadians in New Hampshire

  Outline of dates and figures; compilation of facts and notes relevant to the history of French Canadian immigrants in the state of New Hampshire around the beginning of the twentieth century. Designed by the New Hampshire Historical Society for teachers and students. Contains brief bibliography.

  Tags Bibliography, Community: Customs and Social Life, Education, Emigration and Immigration, England, Epping NH, Finland, Goffstown NH, Gonic NH, Hooksett NH, Ireland, Italy, Labor History, Lebanon NH, Manchester NH, Mills and Mill Work, New Hampshire, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Education, Nonfiction -- History -- Local, Pembroke NH, Poland, Québec, Religion, Russia, Suncook NH, War, Worcester MA
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  Luckless, Witless, and Filthy-Footed : A Sociocultural Study and Publishing History Analysis of "The Lazy Boy"

  Article on narrative motifs and patterns of historical development in the folkloric story of "The Lazy Boy" : a "male tale" traced internationally over nearly five hundred years of oral and written storytelling, through various iterations of characters and themes, and across linguistic boundaries. Author's critical analysis of "The Lazy Boy" used "to explore...questions in contemporary folk narrative research" (259). Emphasis on the roles of anger, stupidity, sexuality, and class in various of the story's versions; how the story's aspects vary in its telling between one cultural community and another.

  Tags Cambodia, Estonia, Finland, Folklore, France, Gender and Sexuality, Italy, Missouri, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Folklore, Nonfiction -- French in North America, Norway, Puerto Rico, Rhode Island, Russia, Sicily, Spain, Sweden