Telling the Tale in Belize
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2814812 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ervin Beck (0000-0002-7674-5282, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1980 |
| Volume | 93 |
| Issue | 370 |
| Pages | 417 |
| Publication date | 1980-10-01 |
| 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 | 10.2307/539872 |
| OpenAlex | W2322621862 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
FOLKTALES FROM BELIZE (formerly British Honduras) differ little from those of other English-speaking Caribbean cultures. Animal-trickster tales and Mdrchen abound. But the manner of traditional tale-telling in Belize seems to be special, both in the formulas used and in the aggressive participation by the audience in the storytelling event. This essay describes general tendencies in Belizean Creole folk narration, and the transcribed performance in the appendix illustrates the tradition. The significance of the essay and transcription is twofold
| Citations per year | 0.04 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2000 - 2000 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |