416 pp. November 2001
paper, ISBN 978-0-8248-2019-0, $22.00
cloth, ISBN 978-0-8248-2545-4, $57.00
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Stories from the Marshall Islands: Bwebwenato Jan Aelon Kein
by Jack A. Tobin
PALI Language Texts
Dept. of Linguistics, UH
"A long-awaited gift from the past transported into the current day" --Journal of the Polynesian Society, September 2002"The most extensive such collection to date" --Pacific Affairs 75 (Winter 2002-2003)
Among Marshallese the ri-bwebwenato (storyteller) is well known and respected, a living repository and transmitter of traditional history and culture. Here are ninety folktales and stories of historical events, collected and translated into English during the third quarter of the twentieth century. They include tales of origins, humanlike animals, ogres, and sprites--some malevolent, some playful. Many are presented in the original language and are amplified by extensive commentary.
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