One Thousand One Papua New Guinean Nights: Folktales from Wantok Newspaper: Tales from 1986-1997

by Thomas H. Slone (Editor), Thomas H. Slone (Translator)

Overview

A two-volume collection of folktales that were published in Papua New Guinea?s Wantok newspaper. The two-volume collection presents the complete set of 1047 folktales that were originally published from 1972 through 1997 in Tok Pisin.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780971412712
Publisher:	Masalai Press
Publication date:	09/28/2001
Series:	Papua New Guinea Folklore Series
Pages:	616
Product dimensions:	8.25(w) x 11.00(h) x 1.24(d)

Table of Contents

Volume 1
	List of Folktales	vi
	Preface	xx
	Acknowledgments	xxi
	Introduction	xxii
	Folktales, 1972-1985	1
Volume 2
	Folktales, 1986-1997	501
	Author Index	971
	Village Index	979
	Language Index	990
	Province Index	994
	Index of Flora and Fauna	996
	Motif Index	1005
	Glossary	1041
	Bibliography	1054
	Gazetteer	1061
	Map Point Number Index	1069
	Maps
	Papua New Guinea	1073
	West Sepik Province	1074
	East Sepik Province	1075
	East Sepik Province (northern part)	1076
	Madang Province	1077
	Morobe Province	1078
	Huon (Finschhafen) Peninsula (Morobe Province)	1079
	Central and Oro Provinces	1080
	Gulf Province	1081
	Western Province	1082
	Eastern Highlands Province	1083
	Simbu Province	1084
	Western Highlands Province	1085
	Southern Highlands Province	1086
	Enga Province	1087
	Manus Province	1088
	New Ireland Province	1089
	New Britain Province	1090
	Gazelle Peninsula (New Britain Province)	1091
	North Solomons Province	1092

Editorial Reviews

a welcome addition... the richness of the tales themselves shines through... an ultimately satisfying feast... remarkable breadth and diversity. (Pacific Affairs, vol. 75(3), Fall 2002)

Eric Kjellgren

Zunächst einmal ist die riesige Arbeitsleistung bemerkenswert. (First of all this enormous work is remarkable.) (Rundbrief: Forum für Mitglieder und Freunde des Pazifik-Netzwerkes, February 2002)

Rundbrief (German)

A parcel of gold...An amazing 2 volumes...A remarkable collection of ancestor stories...Gold to the storyteller (Australia's National Storytelling Magazine, Winter 2002)

Swag of Yarns (Australia)

Both extraordinary and overwhelming, this monumental two-volume anthology reprints 1,047 Papua folktales that originally appeared in native newspapers from 1972 to 1997. First printed in Tok Pilsin, the pidgin English of Papua, this exhaustive collection represents all of the island nation's provinces and 35 percent of its 700 language/culture groups. Slone, a Berkeley research scientist, includes tales that explore the spectrum of daily life occurrences e.g., birth, death, hunting and gathering, and familiar routines as well as encounters with spiritual beings, monstrous creatures, and more. Sources for each entry are thoroughly documented in headnotes. Aside from the tales, this work features exemplary indexes that identify major motifs and an extensive bibliography that enhances the text significantly. However, as these tales lack revealing comment, they will resonate primarily with the dedicated reader/scholar. Not an essential acquisition, this work will find a limited audience in exhaustive collections of world folklore or those focusing on the South Sea Island region. Richard K. Burns, MSLS, Hatboro, PA Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information.

Library Journal

A U. of California-Berkeley cancer researcher interested in Melanesian culture continues his presentation of 1226 endangered Papua New Guinea (folktales) in Tok Pisin, the PNG pidgin English, collected in a Christian-oriented newspaper. Vol. 1 contains the first 550 stories. This volume includes photographs, a glossary, references, gazetteer of villages, maps, and categorized indices for both volumes. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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