Types of the Folktale in the Arab World: A Demographically Oriented Tale-Type Index

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Types of the Folktale in the Arab World: A Demographically Oriented Tale-Type Index. By Hasan M. El-Shamy. (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2004. Pp. xxviii + 1255, acknowledgments, introduction, bibliographies, indices, addendum. $75.00 cloth)

Hasan El-Shamy, Professor of Folklore, Near Eastern Languages and Cultures, and African Studies at Indiana University, is the foremost authority on Arab folktale in the western hemisphere. He has previously authored important studies on this subject (1995, 1999), but his newest book, Types of the Folktale in the Arab World: A Demographically ...

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