Voices of the People in Nineteenth-Century France (Paperback)

Introduction: folklore and the historian; 1. Storytelling in a maritime community: Saint-Cast, 1879?82; 2. The sailor's tale: storytelling on board the North Atlantic fishing fleet; 3. Love riddles and family strategies: the Dayemans of Lorraine; 4. Storytelling and family dynamics in an extended household: the Briffaults of Montigny-aux-Amognes; 5. Work songs and peasant visions of the social order; 6. The visionary world of the Vellave lacemaker; Conclusion: between the micro and the macro; Bibliography.