Bloodstoppers and Bearwalkers: Folk Traditions of Michigan's Upper Peninsula - Softcover

Dorson, Richard M.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0299227146 ISBN 13: 9780299227142

Verlag: University of Wisconsin Press, 2004

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Book by Dorson Richard M

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An important re-introduction of an American folklore classic. - Carl Lindahl, University of Houston ""A collection of traditions, tales, superstitions, practices, and folk biographies that range from the slyly humorous to the bawdy.... These are human beings, a folk, not sitting for a portrait, but caught alive as it were in fine amber, a permanent possession."" - Thelma G. James, Journal of American Folklore

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Remote and rugged, Michigan's Upper Peninsula (fondly known as ""the U.P."") has been home to a rich variety of indigenous peoples and Old World immigrants - a heritage deeply embedded in today's ""Yooper"" culture. Ojibwes, French Canadians, Finns, Cornish, Poles, Italians, Slovenians, and others have all lived here, attracted to the area by its timber, mineral ore, and fishing grounds. Mixing local happenings with supernatural tales and creatively adapting traditional stories to suit changing audiences, the diverse inhabitants of the U.P. have created a wealth of lore populated with tricksters, outlaws, cunning trappers and poachers, eccentric bosses of the mines and lumber camps, ""bloodstoppers"" gifted with the lifesaving power to stop the flow of blood, ""bearwalkers"" able to assume the shape of bears, and more.For folklorist Richard M. Dorson, who ventured into the region in the late 1940s, the U.P. was a living laboratory, a storyteller's paradise. ""Bloodstoppers and Bearwalkers"", based on his extensive fieldwork in the area, is his richest and most enduring work. This new edition, with a critical introduction and an appendix of additional tales selected by James P. Leary, restores and expands Dorson's classic contribution to American folklore. Engaging and well informed, the book presents and ponders the folk narratives of the region's loggers, miners, lake sailors, trappers, and townfolk. Unfolding the variously peculiar and raucous tales of the U.P., ""Bloodstoppers and Bearwalkers"" reveals a vital component of Upper Midwest culture and a fascinating cross-section of American society.

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• Verlag: University of Wisconsin Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0299227146
• ISBN 13: 9780299227142
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 412