<p> This thesis contains a collection of folktales that was the result of intensive fieldwork in 2008 in the region of Jizan in southern Saudi Arabia. I have traveled to Jizan several times in order to meet people from there to sit and document their folktales. I visited people in different places, including their homes and outside their homes, with the intention of writing down their oral traditional tales. Even if I had encountered many obstacles and challenges, such as the geographical difficulties and different customs of my informants, I successfully completed my research. </p><p> After I did the fieldwork, I started to revise the tales and realized that they were not clear in their dialect, so I translated the tales into Modern Standard Arabic (MSA). Later I further translated them from MSA into English to prepare them for academic study. I classified the folktales into three genres, which are: fantasy, humorous narratives/jokes, and belief legends/memorates. In each of these general chapters, I have done a study of each of the folktale types and motifs. In addition, I have added a coda to some of the tales, in square brackets at their conclusion. Along with the comments on each tale, there has been done an intensive study to see if it appears either in other parts of Saudi Arabia, or other parts of the Arab world. </p><p> The thesis contains three chapters according to the genre of the folktales, and a chapter on the notes; in these notes I describe how I studied the folktale types, the motifs and the existence of the folktales in other parts of the Arab World. Moreover, it includes a list of each of the informants that contains information about who they are, and the context of their performance of narrating the tale. Finally, the chapter called "The Methodology" contains information on how I gathered my research, the difficulties I encountered during and after I finished the fieldwork. </p><p> Folktales are mirrors of people's lives, and so they are a rich source of customs, traditions, and beliefs that one can draw from to understand the culture. The tales presented here in this thesis reflect in an interesting way the Jizani culture and heritage, and how these shape their daily lives according to their beliefs, and have for many years. The folktales in the chapter on fantasy tales give examples and reflect some of the local beliefs in the Jinn, and evil creatures, in addition to the kinship dramas. The folktales in the chapter on Humorous Narratives/Jokes illustrate a satirical comic style where deception is the dominant theme. The religious beliefs and tribal fanaticism and the unity of relatives, in addition to some customs and traditions, such as generosity, are the secondary themes of the folktales. The tales in the chapter on Belief Legends/Memorates reflect some of the folk beliefs of legendary creatures in the region of Jizan. </p><p> This thesis focuses on the collection and translation of folktales, and not on the epistemological theorizing of these tales. I collected the tales in order to study them in an academic manner to be presented for scholarly purposes. Moreover, I present these tales as a representation of folklore in the Jizan region, and to serve as a motivation for my future research and inspiration for other scholars of folklore in the region.</p>

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Indiana University, Dept. of Folklore and Ethnomusicology, 2007. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 68-07, Section: A, page: 3081. Title from dissertation home page (viewed Mar. 28, 2008). Advisers: John McDowell; Inta Carpenter.

Texte remanié de: Th. Ph. D.--English--University of London. / Notes bibliogr. Glossaire.

Berlin, Phil. Diss. v. 17. Sept. 1940.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1984. / Typescript. Vita. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 326-336).

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Indiana University, Dept. of Folklore and Ethnomusicology, 2005. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 67-01, Section: A, page: 0288. Adviser: Hasan El-Shamy. "Title from dissertation home page (viewed Dec. 12, 2006)."

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Indiana University, Dept. of Folklore, 2005. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 66-04, Section: A, page: 1454. Adviser: Beverly J. Stoeltje. "Title from dissertation home page (viewed Nov. 15, 2006)."

Th. doct.--Musicologie--Paris 4-Sorbonne, 1995. / Catalogue des oeuvres pour le piano p. 328-349. Copies de manuscrits p. 488-605. Bibliogr. p. 350-378. Index.

Texte remanié de: Tese de doutorado--Ciências sociais--Universidade federal do Rio de Janeiro, 1995. / Bibliogr. p. 310-328.

<p> The purpose of my research is to understand the meaning behind Japanese bread among Japanese people. Although bread is not something native to Japan, the Japanese have for over five hundred years made improvements to bread so it would become palatable to themselves. In the end Japanese people succeeded in creating bread specific to Japan&mdash; &ldquo;Japanese bread&rdquo;. However, because Japanese bread has been generated specifically for the Japanese, it is not something common in rest of the world. This fact makes it difficult for the Japanese living abroad to obtain Japanese bread amid increasing globalization. </p><p> Material collected between February and September 2015 during fieldwork conducted among Japanese people in San Diego, CA, for this study, reveals that most people have begun baking Japanese bread on their own as a result of seeking the bread that can satisfy their appetites. Even though everyone has different motives and goals for bread baking, Japanese women specifically share common features in their baking. Japanese bread baking is not simply for indulging their appetite for Japanese bread but for fulfilling a role as Japanese women. Viewed from the understanding of the traditional notion of &ldquo;good wives, wise mothers&rdquo; representing self-sacrifice and devotion to family, Japanese wives and mothers make an effort to learn and bake bread to feed the best food to their families.</p><p> A larger aim of this research is to contribute to the field of folklore, especially the study of material culture. The study of foodways and other genres of material culture share the directions and theories of folklore scholarship. Different from other genres of material culture showing the individuals&rsquo; identity through subcultural objects, scholars in food studies tend to address staple foods as a source of symbolism in a given culture and the emergence of a cultural identity or a group&rsquo;s identity through such food. To expand this tradition, I have shown the intimate connection between the Japanese and bread as non-staple food of the Japanese in the individual level by interpreting individuals&rsquo; raw voices gathered during fieldwork.</p><p>