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148
pages, 10.5" x 8.5", black and white, soft cover
Rs 185.00 (within
India)
US$ 12.50 (outside India)
English ISBN
978-81-8146-354-8
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The World of Asian Stories is a
continuing campaign for storytelling
as an effective and non-intrusive tool for sensitisation. This
omnibus
of stories and storytelling traditions from 43 countries across
Asia
provides an overview of methods and the multitude of stylistic
variations. The book then embarks on a journey through fast-changing
landscapes of unique, yet unifying cultural experience, presented
through the distinctive voices of people. The focus is on the
individual over the din of the dominant.
This
resource book invites teachers, parents and children to explore
storytelling at home and in school. It introduces the reader to
basic guidelines, offers tips and suggestions on technique, and
provides an abundant pool of stories to draw from and activities to
contextualise them.
The visuals, too, offer a wealth of reference points. Illustrations
are quirky and perceptive, subtly acquiring the flavours of the
lands through which they journey. They complement the (sometimes
whimsical) vagaries of the stories, creating an ambience of
truthful, unassuming and straight-from-the heart storytelling.
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