Bouki, the Hyena, in Louisiana and African Tales
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2780956 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Marcia Gaudet (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1992 |
| Volume | 105 |
| Issue | 415 |
| Pages | 66 |
| Publication date | 1992-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of American Folklore (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0021-8715 • E-ISSN: 1535-1882 |
| Publisher | University of Illinois Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2307/542000 |
| OpenAlex | W2322791813 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
Bouki and Lapin tales, the Louisiana equivalent of the Br'er Rabbit stories, are among the most widely collected folktales in French Louisiana. Alcee Fortier, a folklorist and linguist, heard such narratives as a child and later collected and published them. Because of his training as a linguist, he paid particular attention to the linguistic elements in the tales. The first scholarly collector of these tales in Louisiana, Fortier identified the name Bouki as hyena in the Wolof African language. The African term bouki was maintained in North America in Louisiana and other places, including Haiti and Missouri (Carriere 1937), although the tales were told and collected in French. Reflecting on the folkloric significance of the hyena, and the sexual ambivalence of the hyena in particular, may give an added dimension of interpretation and meaning to the tales collected in Louisiana and to similar tales collected elsewhere
Genealogy · Geography · Hyena · Agriculture and Rural Development Research · Cultural Identity and Heritage · Geology · History · Paleontology
| Unique citing works | 4 |
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| Citations per year | 0,4 |
| Citation span | 2016 - 2024 (9) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |