{"product_id":"unsettling-narratives-james-thurgill-9781837723638","title":"Unsettling Narratives: Folklore's Textual Geographies","description":"\u003cb\u003eExamines the influence of folk stories on the real spaces in which they are set.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This book takes a literary geographical approach to the study of folklore, exploring the complex relationships between people, narratives, and places as they emerge through belief, storytelling, and ritual practice. Drawing on human geography, folkloristics, and literary studies, it demonstrates how folk narratives inform and shape geographical imaginings, influencing lived experiences of actual-world environments. An examination of Yanagita Kunio's \u003ci\u003eTonō Monogatari\u003c\/i\u003e, a volume of 119 folktales from the northeast of Japan, highlights the formative role folk narratives play in shaping regional identities and cultural memory. \u003ci\u003eUnsettling Narratives\u003c\/i\u003e identifies folklore as a key process through which place acquires meaning, thereby facilitating a deeper engagement with the intersections of text, space, and communal narratives. By emphasizing the spatial significance of folkloric storytelling, this book provides new methodological and theoretical pathways for literary geographers to explore the co-constitution of narrative and place across local, regional, and global scales.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e James Thurgill\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 183772363X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781837723638\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Wales Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/22\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 216\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs","brand":"James Thurgill","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48460248056063,"sku":"9781837723638","price":105.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_93c9a1e3-279f-4e12-9339-659eda4f71e6.jpg?v=1777413510","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/unsettling-narratives-james-thurgill-9781837723638","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}