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==Sources and further reading== {{refbegin}} *[[Rose Mary Allen|Allen, Rose Mary]]. "The Anancy plot in the search for the Curaçaoan identity or the Yu di Kòrsou". Legon, Ghana: Presented at "Migration, Citizenship and Belonging: African, Caribbean and European Perspectives" on 11–12 September 2012 at Kwabena Nketia Conference Hall, Institute of African Studies. * {{cite book |last1=Beckwith |first1=Martha Warren |first2=Helen H. |last2=Roberts |title=Jamaica Anansi Stories |location=New York |publisher=American Folk-Lore Society, G. E. Stechert & Co. Agents |date=1924}} * {{cite book|last1=Herskovits|first1=Melville J|author-link=Melville J. Herskovits|last2=Herskovits|first2=Frances|title=Rebel Destiny Among the Bush Negroes of Dutch Guiana|location=New York, London|publisher=Whittlesey House, McGraw-Hill Book Company|year=1934|pages=102–123}} * [[Odeen Ishmael|Ishmael, Odeen]] (2010). ''The Magic Pot: Nansi Stories From the Caribbean''. Xlibris. {{ISBN|978-1-4535-3903-3}}. *[[Cynthia James|James, Cynthia]] (2004). "Searching for Ananse: From Orature to Literature in the West Indian Children's Folk Tradition—Jamaican and Trinidadian Trends". Trinidad University of the West Indies. Archived from the original (Word Document) on 5 January 2009. Retrieved 16 December 2008. * {{cite book |last=Lee |first=F. H. |title=Folk Tales of All Nations |location=New York |publisher=Tudor publ. Co. |date=1930 |pages=22–27}} *Mondada, Joke Maaten, "Narrative Structure and Characters in the Nanzi Stories of Curaçao: a Discourse Analysis". (2000). LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses. 7214. * Pelton, Robert D. "Ananse: Spinner of Ashanti Doubleness". In: ''The Trickster in West Africa: A Study of Mythic Irony and Sacred Delight''. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2023. pp. 25–70. {{doi|10.1525/9780520341487-002}} * {{cite book|last=Rattray|first=Robert Sutherland|author-link=Robert Sutherland Rattray|title=Akan-Ashanti Folk-Tales; coll. & translated by R.S. Rattray, illustr. by Africans of the Gold Coast Colony|location=Oxford|publisher=Clarendon|year=1930}} *Sherlock, Philip Manderson, Sir. ''West Indian Folk-tales'' (Oxford myths and legends). Oxford University Press, 1983. {{ISBN|9780192741271}}. * {{cite journal |last=van Duin |first=Lieke |title=Anansi as Classical Hero |journal=Journal of Caribbean Literatures |volume=5 |issue=1 |date=2007 |pages=33–42 |jstor=40986316}} *[[Kwesi Yankah|Yankah, Kwesi]].(1983) "The Akan Trickster Cycle: Myth or Folktale?" ''Indiana: African Studies Program'', Indiana University. URL: [https://scholarworks.iu.edu/dspace/bitstream/handle/2022/125/Akan_Yankah.pdf] Accessed on 3/16/19 {{ISBN|0-941934-43-8}} * {{Cite journal |first=Emily |last=Zobel Marshall |date=2001 |title=The Anansi syndrome": A debate concerning Anansi's influence on Jamaican culture |journal=World Literature Written in English |volume=39 |issue=1 |pages=127–136 |doi=10.1080/17449850108589351|s2cid=162518794 }} * Zobel Marshall, Emily (2007). ''Tracking Anansi''. In: ''Caribbean Beat''. Nov–Dec. Issue 88. * {{cite journal |last=Marshall |first=Emily Zobel |title=Liminal Anansi: Symbol of Order and Chaos An Exploration of Anansi's Roots Amongst the Asante of Ghana |journal=Caribbean Quarterly |volume=53 |issue=3 |date=2007a |pages=30–40 |doi=10.1080/00086495.2007.11672326 |jstor=40654609|s2cid=150647499 }} * Zobel Marshall, Emily (2008). "[https://www.academia.edu/4730677/_2008_From_Messenger_of_the_Gods_to_Muse_of_the_People_The_Shifting_Contexts_of_Anansi_s_Metamorphosis_in_Jamaica_Journal_Oct_Vol_29 From Messenger of the Gods to Muse of the People: The Shifting Contexts of Anansi's Metamorphosis]". In: ''Jamaica Journal''. Oct. Vol. 29. pp. 60–66. * {{cite journal |last=Zobel Marshall |first=Emily |date=2009 |title=Anansi Tactics in Plantation Jamaica: Matthew Lewis' Record of Trickery |journal=Wadabagei: A Journal of the Caribbean and Its Diaspora|volume=12 |issue=3 |pages=126–150 |url=https://www.academia.edu/4730640}} * Zobel Marshall, Emily (2010). "[https://www.academia.edu/5094540/_2010_And_Always_Anancy_Changes_An_Exploration_of_Andrew_Salkey_s_Anancy_Stories_in_Watt_M_Evans_L_and_Smith_E_eds_The_Caribbean_Short_Story_Critical_Perspectives_Peepal_Tree_Press_ And Always, Anancy Changes: An Exploration of Andrew Salkey's Anancy Stories]". In: Watt, M. Evans, L. & Smith, E. (eds.). ''The Caribbean Short Story: Critical Perspectives''. Peepal Tree Press. pp. 213–231. * Zobel Marshall, Emily (2010a). "[https://www.academia.edu/4730679/_2010_Anansi_Eshu_and_Legba_Slave_Resistance_and_the_West_African_Trickster_in_Hoermann_R_and_Mackenthun_G_eds_Bonded_Labour_in_the_Cultural_Contact_Zone_Transdisciplinary_Perspectives_on_Slavery_and_Its_Discourses_M%C3%BCnster_Waxmann_ Anansi, Eshu, and Legba: Slave Resistance and the West African Trickster]". In: Hoermann, R. & Mackenthun, G. (eds.). ''Human Bondage in the Cultural Contact Zone: Transdisciplinary Perspectives on Slavery and Its Discourses''. Münster: Waxmann. pp. 177–192. {{ISBN|978-3830923756}}. * {{cite book |last=Zobel Marshall |first=Emily |date=2012 |title=Anansi's Journey: A Story of Jamaican Cultural Resistance |location=Kingston |publisher=University of the West Indies Press}} * {{cite journal |last=Zobel Marshall |first=Emily |date=2018 |title='Nothing but Pleasant Memories of the Discipline of Slavery': The Trickster and the Dynamics of Racial Representation |journal=Marvels & Tales: Journal of Fairy-Tale Studies |volume=32 |issue=1 |pages=59–75 |doi=10.13110/marvelstales.32.1.0059 |jstor=10.13110/marvelstales.32.1.0059 |publisher=Wayne State University Press|s2cid=158875417 |url=https://www.academia.edu/37965493}} * {{cite book |last=Zobel Marshall |first=EJZ |editor-first1=Andrew |editor-last1=Teverson |date=2019 |chapter=This is Not a Fairytale: Anansi and the Web of Narrative Power |title=The Fairy Tale World |publisher=Routledge |isbn=9781138217577 |doi=10.4324/9781315108407|s2cid=189238530 |url=https://www.academia.edu/39070222}} {{refend}}
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