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Stories of our lives: memory, history, narrative

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dc.contributor.authorDe Caro, Frank, author
dc.contributor.authorUtah State University Press, publisher
dc.date.accessioned2007-01-03T05:47:59Z
dc.date.available2007-01-03T05:47:59Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references.
dc.description.abstractIn Stories of Our Lives Frank de Caro demonstrates the value of personal narratives in enlightening our lives and our world. We all live with legends, family sagas, and anecdotes that shape our selves and give meaning to our recollections. Featuring an array of colorful stories from de Caro's personal life and years of field research as a folklorist, the book is part memoir and part exploration of how the stories we tell, listen to, and learn play an integral role in shaping our sense of self. De Caro's narrative includes stories within the story: among them a near-mythic capture of his golden-haired grandmother by Plains Indians, a quintessential Italian rags-to-riches grandfather, and his own experiences growing up in culturally rich 1950s New York City, living in India amid the fading glories of a former princely state, conducting field research on Day of the Dead altars in Mexico, and coming home to a battered New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina. Stories of Our Lives shows that our lives are interesting, and that the stories we tell--however particular to our own circumstances or trivial they may seem to others--reveal something about ourselves, our societies, our cultures, and our larger human existence.--Provided by publisher.
dc.description.tableofcontentsBe Sure to Read This First: A Preface -- 1. The Golden-Haired Maiden -- 2. 7002 Ridge -- 3. Foreigners Arrive -- 4. The Lake -- 5. Beyond 7002 -- 6. Becoming the East Village -- 7. Tinkly Temple Bells -- 8. Life in a Cornfield -- 9. Mexico -- 10. Long Ago and Far Away: Another Passage to India -- 11. Katrina: We Leave, We Return, Stories Abound -- Contexts and Meanings: A Brief Afterword.
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dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10217/88113
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherColorado State University. Libraries
dc.relation.ispartofUtah State University Press
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dc.rights.accessAccess is limited to the Adams State University, Colorado State University, Colorado State University Pueblo, Community College of Denver, Fort Lewis College, Metropolitan State University Denver, Regis University, University of Alaska Fairbanks, University of Colorado Boulder, University of Colorado Colorado Springs, University of Colorado Denver, University of Denver, University of Northern Colorado, University of Wyoming, Utah State University and Western Colorado University communities only.
dc.subject.lcshFolklorists -- United States -- Biography
dc.subject.lcshFolklore -- United States
dc.subject.lcshUnited States -- Social life and customs
dc.subject.lcshDe Caro, F. A., 1943-
dc.titleStories of our lives: memory, history, narrative
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