Chamoru Legends - by Teresita Lourdes Perez (Hardcover)

Name: Chamoru Legends - by Teresita Lourdes Perez (Hardcover)
Brand: University of Guam Press
SKU: 89821619
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CHamoru Legends: A Gathering of Stories retells 12 CHamoru legends with personal reflections from author Teresita Lourdes Perez, unique illustrations for each legend by Guam artists, and versions of the legends in the CHamoru language by Maria Ana Tenorio Rivera.
About the Author: Teresita Lourdes Perez (Author) Teresita Lourdes Perez teaches writing at the University of Guam.
188 Pages
Literary Criticism, Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology

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CHamoru Legends: A Gathering of Stories retells 12 CHamoru legends with personal reflections from author Teresita Lourdes Perez, unique illustrations for each legend by Guam artists, and versions of the legends in the CHamoru language by Maria Ana Tenorio Rivera. The publication is a reversible book featuring the legends in English on one side and in CHamoru on the other. Through these layers of interpretation, the book weaves together strips of wisdom and cultural lessons like leaves used to shape the CHamoru guåfak, or mat, upon which the earliest CHamoru storytellers sat sharing their versions of these timeless tales.

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"Having CHamoru legends within the family helps bind the ties from whoever is telling the story--whether it's your grandfather, grandmother, great-grandparents--to the children . . . especially if you're using the CHamoru language."--Maria Ana Tenorio Rivera, CHamoru educator and translator of CHamoru Legends: A Gathering of Stories

About the Author

Teresita Lourdes Perez (Author)
Teresita Lourdes Perez teaches writing at the University of Guam.

Maria Ana Tenorio Rivera (Translator)
Maria Ana Tenorio Rivera has taught the CHamoru language in Guam's schools for decades.

Dimensions (Overall): 9.0 Inches (H) x 6.0 Inches (W) x .56 Inches (D)

Weight: 1.03 Pounds

Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up

Number of Pages: 188

Genre: Literary Criticism

Sub-Genre: Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology

Publisher: University of Guam Press

Format: Hardcover

Author: Teresita Lourdes Perez

Language: English

Street Date: November 14, 2019

TCIN: 89821619

UPC: 9781935198338

Item Number (DPCI): 247-43-2361

Origin: Made in the USA or Imported

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Estimated ship weight: 1.03 pounds

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