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What happened to "the fearless tailor" in Kilivila: A European fairy tale - from the South Seas

Year: 1992

Type: article

Abstract: The A. present a fairy-tale from the Trobriand Islands and discusses some consequences the linguistic and cultural contact situation with Australian missionaries had for the islanders. The fairy-tale can easily be recognized as the Kilivila version of the European tale « The fearless tailor ». A comparison between the two tales reveals that although the Kilivila version travels between a European and a Trobriand world (linguistic and contents), the Trobriand tale combines the European - fary-tale - world and the Trobriand world - of myths. However with this combination processes of change on the Trobriands are fostered and supported

Source: Max Planck Digital Library

Author: Gunter Senft

Institutions: Max Planck Society, Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics

Language: English

Topic: Folklore, Mythology, and Literature Studies

Subfield: Literature and Literary Theory

Field: Arts and Humanities

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W581420168

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Cites: 9

Cited by: 15

Related to: 10