Exploited Bodies
2019 ◽
pp. 143-160
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This chapter analyses a tale about an unfortunate fox told by a man named Henri Vidal. While Henri’s tale is similar to other stories of not-so-cunning foxes collected by folklorists across France, it is also a profoundly local story. It makes sense as a kind of fictionalized autobiography of Henri himself, a critique of the system of sharecropping that predominated in the moorlands, and the violence and exploitation that this system encouraged. Through comparison to other tales told by other storytellers, the chapter suggests ways that ordinary workers like Henri used stories to narrate their experiences, and negotiate better lives.
1966 ◽
Vol 13
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pp. 170-178
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2005 ◽
Vol 27
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pp. 365-381
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