The Inland Whale
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The Inland Whale is a collection of Native Californian Indian legends and stories retold for a general audience by anthropologist and author Theodora Kroeber.
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
folklore collection
ⓘ
short story collection ⓘ |
| author | Theodora Kroeber NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | oral traditions of Native Californian Indians ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| genre |
folklore
ⓘ
mythology ⓘ short stories ⓘ |
| hasAuthorOccupation |
anthropologist
ⓘ
writer ⓘ |
| hasAuthorSpouse | Alfred L. Kroeber NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCulturalContext | Native Californian cultures ⓘ |
| hasEthnographicSource | California Indian oral literature ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn | popular understanding of California Indian traditions ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 9780520002308 ⓘ |
| hasLibraryOfCongressClassification | E78.C15 ⓘ |
| hasNarrativeFocus | female protagonists in Native Californian stories ⓘ |
| hasParatext | introductions and notes by Theodora Kroeber ⓘ |
| hasPart |
retellings of women-centered Native Californian narratives
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“The Inland Whale” (title story) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasReception | recognized as an important work in Native American literature studies ⓘ |
| hasSubjectHeading |
Indian women—California—Folklore
NERFINISHED
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Indians of North America—California—Folklore ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
cultural traditions of Native Californian peoples
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mythic and legendary narratives ⓘ |
| influencedBy | anthropological fieldwork in California ⓘ |
| intendedAudience | general audience ⓘ |
| isPartOf | 20th-century American folklore publications ⓘ |
| isWrittenIn | narrative prose style ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Native American folklore
ⓘ
Native Californian Indian legends ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| notableFor |
literary adaptation of ethnographic materials
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presenting Native Californian stories to a broad readership ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1959 ⓘ |
| publicationPlace | Berkeley, California NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publisher | University of California Press NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| retoldBy | Theodora Kroeber NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSources | pre-contact and early-contact California ⓘ |
| usedIn |
university courses on Native American literature
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university courses on folklore and mythology ⓘ |
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