{"title":"Folklore \u0026 Mythology","description":"\u003cp\u003eBrowse our Folklore \u0026amp; Mythology collection. New Arrival.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"pomegranate-seeds-latin-american-jewish-tales-by-nadia-grosser-nagarajan","title":"Pomegranate Seeds: Latin American Jewish Tales by Nadia Grosser Nagarajan","description":"\u003cstyle type=\"text\/css\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c!--td {border: 1px solid #cccccc;}br {mso-data-placement:same-cell;}--\u003e\u003c\/style\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; color: #000000;\" data-sheets-root=\"1\" data-sheets-value='{\"1\":2,\"2\":\"Pomegranate Seeds is the first collection of the oral tradition of Latin American Jews to be presented in English. These thirty-four tales span the 500 years of Jewish presence in Latin America and the Caribbean. The folktales and cultural oral narratives were often based on actual events, recorded not only from the Ashkenazi perspective but from the Sephardic and Oriental as well. Like dispersed pomegranate seeds, all the stories come from a common cluster, yet each is a separate kernel.\\n\\nThe stories are short, between five and fifteen pages, and each is carefully annotated. In addition to gathering stories from eleven Latin American countries, the author found material in the United States and Israel. Regardless of their origin, several tales have to do with personal feelings, emotional insights, and interpretation of the protagonists, while others deal with happy or traumatic events that cannot be forgotten and dreams that have not been fulfilled.\\n\\nNot surprisingly, trauma and bigotry are common threads through some of the stories. These are tales, as Nadia Grosser Nagarajan says, \\\"concealed by tropical greenery, encircled by vast jungles and flowing majestic rivers that echo many voices and reflect many views and visions.\\\"\\n\\n \"}' data-sheets-userformat='{\"2\":6145,\"3\":{\"1\":0,\"3\":1},\"14\":{\"1\":3,\"3\":1},\"15\":\"Arial\"}' data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; color: #000000;\"\u003ePomegranate Seeds is the first collection of the oral tradition of Latin American Jews to be presented in English. These thirty-four tales span the 500 years of Jewish presence in Latin America and the Caribbean. The folktales and cultural oral narratives were often based on actual events, recorded not only from the Ashkenazi perspective but from the Sephardic and Oriental as well. Like dispersed pomegranate seeds, all the stories come from a common cluster, yet each is a separate kernel.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe stories are short, between five and fifteen pages, and each is carefully annotated. In addition to gathering stories from eleven Latin American countries, the author found material in the United States and Israel. Regardless of their origin, several tales have to do with personal feelings, emotional insights, and interpretation of the protagonists, while others deal with happy or traumatic events that cannot be forgotten and dreams that have not been fulfilled.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eNot surprisingly, trauma and bigotry are common threads through some of the stories. These are tales, as Nadia Grosser Nagarajan says, \"concealed by tropical greenery, encircled by vast jungles and flowing majestic rivers that echo many voices and reflect many views and visions.\"\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"LONG","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43220480163902,"sku":"sde1787285615740","price":18.92,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0620\/0075\/8846\/files\/pomegranate-seeds-latin-american-jewish-tales-by-nadia-grosser-nagarajan_1.jpg?v=1787285621"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.dovewella.com\/collections\/folklore-mythology.oembed","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}