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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. -
Immigrant Voices : New Lives in America, 1773-1986
From University of Illinois Press: "In this richly evocative collection ten men and women of European, Latin American, and Asian backgrounds tell of their immigrant experiences. They range from a Shetland Islander who sailed to Virginia as an indentured servant before the American Revolution to a Vietnamese refugee family living in Chicago in the 1980s....Thomas Dublin presents diaries, letters, reminiscences, and oral history in a volume that memorably reflects the diversity and commonalties of two centuries of U.S. immigration. His introduction places the primary sources in a broad interpretive framework and offers readers an overview of the place of immigration in national development." -
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 -
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.