Foxboy: Intimacy and Aesthetics in Andean Stories

by Catherine J. Allen

Once there was a Quechua folktale. It begins with a trickster fox's penis with a will of its own and ends with a daughter returning to parents who cannot recognize her until she recounts the uncanny adventures that have befallen her since she ran away from home. Following the strange twists and turnings of this tale, Catherine J. Allen weaves a narrative of Quechua storytelling and story listening that links these arts to others--fabric weaving, in...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0292726678
• ISBN13: 9780292726673
• Release Date: August 2011
• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Length: 294 Pages
• Weight: 0.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.0"