{"product_id":"liars-damn-liars-and-storytellers-essays-on-traditional-and-contemporary-storytelling-9781621905646","title":"Liars, Damn Liars, and Storytellers: Essays on Traditional and Contemporary Storytelling","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Joseph Sobol\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: University of Tennessee Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: University of Tennessee Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Storytelling\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJoseph Sobol is one of a select few contemporary scholar-practitioners to chart the evolution of storytelling from traditional foundations to its current multifarious presence in American life. The years since his classic \u003ci\u003eThe Storytellers' Journey: An American Revival\u003c\/i\u003e (1999), have brought seismic shifts in storytelling circles. Essays gathered here move between cultural history, critical analysis, and personal narratives to showcase the efforts of traditional and contemporary storytellers to make their presence felt in the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book begins with an account of recent changes in the storytelling landscape, including the growth of a new generation of urban personal storytelling venues sparked by \u003ci\u003eThe Moth\u003c\/i\u003e. Next is a suite of essays on Appalachian Jack tales, the best-known cycle of traditional American wonder tales, and an account of its most celebrated practitioners, including close encounters with the traditional master, Ray Hicks. The next set examines frames through which storytellers capture truth--historical, legendary, literary, oral traditional, and personal. Stylistic differences between northern and southern tellers are affectionately portrayed, with a special look at the late, much-loved Alabaman Kathryn Tucker Windham.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe final section makes the case for informed critical writing on storytelling performance, through a survey of notable contemporary storytellers' work, a look at the ethics of storytelling genres, and a nuanced probe of truth and fiction in storytelling settings. A tapestry of personal stories, social criticism, and artistic illuminations, \u003ci\u003eLiars, Damn Liars, and Storytellers\u003c\/i\u003e is valuable not only to scholars and students in performance, folklore, cultural studies, and theater, but also to general readers with a love for the storytelling art.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Atlantic Books","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46454147448983,"sku":"9781621905646","price":4549.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781621905646.webp?v=1769147690","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/liars-damn-liars-and-storytellers-essays-on-traditional-and-contemporary-storytelling-9781621905646","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}