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Special Collections: Bahamian Oral Traditions

Special Collections is a closed access area which houses all materials with a Bahamian orientation whether about the Bahamas or written by a Bahamian author.

Bahamian Oral Traditions

  1. Bethel, N. (2000). Tell me a national story: Orality and the formation of Bahamian national identity. Place of publication not identified: publisher not identified.

Call Number: B P35.5 .B48 2000

  1. Crowley, D. J. (1973). Tradition and individual creativity in Bahamian folktales. Ann Arbor, Mich: University Microfilms.

Call Number: B DISS GR121 .B3 .C7 1973

  1. Crowley, D. J. (1983). I could talk old-story good: Creativity in Bahamian folklore. Berkeley: University of California Press.

Call Number: B GR40 .C73 1966

  1. Dean-Burrows, C. M., & Dean-Burrows, C. M. (2010). Eleuthera panorama: The folklore revised. Nassau, Bahamas: Media Enterprises.

Call Number: B GR121 .B3 .D4 1996

  1. Dean-Burrows, C. M. (2003). I see da sea rise: A spona time Bahamian ethnography. Nassau: Media Enterprises.

Call Number: B GR121 .B3 .D43 2003

  1. Edwards, C. L. (1976). Bahama songs and stories: A contribution to folk-lore. Millwood, N.Y: Kraus Reprint Co.

Call Number: GR121 .B3 .E3 1976

  1. Edwards, C. L. (1976). Bahama songs and stories: A contribution to folk-lore. Millwood, N.Y: Kraus Reprint Co.

Call Number: B GR121 .B3 E3 2010

  1. Glinton- Meicholas, P., & Burnside, S. (1994). An evening in Guanima: A treasury of folktales from the Bahamas. Nassau, Bahamas: Guanima Press.

Call Number: B GR121 .B3 G55 1993

  1. Glinton- Meicholas, P., & IDB Cultural Center. (2000). Talkin' ol story: A brief survey of the oral tradition of the Bahamas : lecture. Washington, D.C: IDB Cultural Center.

Call Number: B GR121 .B3 G556 2000

  1. Hamon, R. R., Cobb, S. G., & Hettinga, K. T. (1997). "Old people say ...” Tales from Eleuthera. Grantham, Pa: Messiah College Reprographics.

Call Number: B GR121 .B3 .O43 1997

  1. Hurston, Z. N. (January 01, 1930). Dance songs and tales from the Bahamas. Journal of American Folklore, 43, 169.)

Call Number: B GR121 .B3 H96 1930

  1. Parsons, E. W. C., & Caroline F. Schimmel Fiction Collection of Women in the American Wilderness (University of Pennsylvania). (1928). Spirituals and other folklore from the Bahamas. New York: American Folklore Society.

Call Number: B GR121 .B3 .P277 1928       

  1. Parsons, E. C. (1918). Folk-tales of Andros Island, Bahamas. Lancaster, Pa.

Call Number: GR121 .B3 .P27 1976

  1. Storr, V. H. (July 01, 2009). B' Rabby as a "True-True Bahamian": Rabbyism as Bahamian Ethos and Worldview in the Bahamas' Folk Tradition and the Works of Strachan and Glinton-Meicholas. Journal of Caribbean Literatures, 6, 1, 125-146.

Call Number: B GR121 .B3 S76 2009

  1. Tertullien, M. C., & Draggan, E. (2004). Old stories and riddles. Nassau, Bahamas: Media Enterprises.

Call Number: B GR121 .B3 T4 2004

  1. Walkine, J. F. L., Glanzer, P. L., & Baylor University. (2009). Investigating the cultural identity of the Bahamas through a study of Bahamian primary education. Waco, Tex: Baylor University.

Call Number: B DISS LB45 .W35 2009

  1. White, V. (1985). The outermost island: An oral history of San Salvador, the Bahamas. Ft. Lauderdale, Fla: CCFL Bahamian Field Station.

Call Number: B F1659 .S46 W54 1985