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Schipper, Mineke.

Never marry a woman with big feet : women in proverbs from around the world / Mineke Schipper. - [Leiden] : Leiden University Press, ©2010. - 1 online resource (350 pages)

Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-340) and index.

Acknowledgments; Prologue; 1 The Female Body; 2 Phases of Life; 3 Basics of Life; 4 Female Power; 5 Messages of Metaphors; Epilogue: Proverbial Imagination in an Age of Globalization; Endnotes; Languages, Cultures and Countries; Bibliography; Index.

The book to bring together a fascinating compendium of witticisms on women-more than 15,000 sayings from around the globe and translated from more than 240 languages.

ISBN: 9789400600195 (electronic bk.) 9400600194 (electronic bk.) 9789087281007 9087281005 (Trade Paper)

Standard No.: 9789087281007

Source: 00118848

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Proverbs.
Proverbs--History and criticism.
Women--Quotations.
Women--Folklore.
Proverbes.
proverbs.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Folklore & Mythology.
Proverbs.
Women.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Folklore.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Quotations.

LC Class. No.: PN6405 / .S35 2010eb

Dewey Class. No.: 398.9/082