{"product_id":"clever-maids-fearless-jacks-and-anita-best-9781607329190","title":"Clever Maids, Fearless Jacks, and a Cat: Fairy Tales from a Living Oral Tradition","description":"\u003ci\u003eClever Maids, Fearless Jacks, and a Cat\u003c\/i\u003e showcases the stories of two Newfoundland storytellers, Philip Pius Power and Alice Lannon. Ethnopoetic transcriptions of these sensitive and artful tales, which have been passed on orally for generations as part of a community tradition, give accounts of living oral performances from the last quarter of the twentieth century and demonstrate the artistry that is possible without the written word. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Here, eight tales from Power and five tales from Lannon take up issues of vital concern-such as spousal abuse, bullying, and social and generational conflict-allusively, through a screen of fiction. In commentary following the stories Anita Best, Martin Lovelace, and Pauline Greenhill discuss the transmission of fairy tales in oral tradition, address the relation of these magic tales to Lannon's and Power's other stories, and share specifics about Newfoundland storytelling and the two tellers themselves. The text is further enriched by expressive illustrations from artist Graham Blair. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eClever Maids, Fearless Jacks, and a Cat\u003c\/i\u003e presents the fairy-tale oeuvres of two superb storytellers as a contribution to interdisciplinary fairy-tale studies and folklore-countering fairy-tale studies' focus on written traditions and printed texts-as well as to gender studies, cultural studies, Newfoundland studies, and Canadian studies. Students, scholars, and general readers interested in folk and fairy tales, contemporary \u003ci\u003eMärchen\u003c\/i\u003e, Newfoundland folklore, or oral tradition more generally will find much of value in these pages. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Support for this publication was provided, in part, by the University of Winnipeg.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Anita Best\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1607329190\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781607329190\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Utah State University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/01\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 324\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.80d","brand":"Anita Best","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47637265350911,"sku":"9781607329190","price":30.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ff65f298-0042-4245-aefc-40636e1920d1.jpg?v=1765115065","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/clever-maids-fearless-jacks-and-anita-best-9781607329190","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}