American Proverbs About Women: A Reference GuideBloomsbury Academic, 1998 M06 25 - 216 páginas Proverbs supposedly contain the wisdom of the common folk—eternal truths to be passed down through the ages. They are short, often humorous, expressions that teach lessons or give practical advice, and they are perhaps the best indicators of attitudes and beliefs of any form of folklore. Not only reflecting culture, proverbs also perpetuate the cultural dictates of the past, including the fears, prejudices, and misconceptions of their predominately male authors. Because they are generalizations, proverbs sometimes impede accurate observation and analysis and stifle original thought. Like many other traditions and cultural practices, proverbs often promote misleading stereotypes of women. This reference book collects more than 800 American proverbs about women and analyzes their significance. |
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... rhymes , jokes , games , sayings , and more , but it is also dances , crafts , epitaphs , and the like . Folklore is the customs , beliefs , and practices of a people and , therefore , an expression of its culture . Jan Harold Brunvand ...
... rhymes , and games . But the short pithy expressions that are proverbs make them easier to study as a group since their ... rhyme and meter to consider and a binary structure that presents a problem in the first half and solves it in the ...
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Wives and Marriage | 19 |
A Womans Nature | 33 |
A Womans Looks | 45 |
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Términos y frases comunes
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Call a Spade a Spade: From Classical Phrase to Racial Slur : a Case Study Wolfgang Mieder Vista de fragmentos - 2002 |
Never Marry a Woman with Big Feet: Women in Proverbs from Around the World Mineke Schipper Sin vista previa disponible - 2006 |