Storytelling in Bali, by Hildred Geertz

[...]the title of the book might suggest an intricate and deep analysis of the Balinese literary variants of the Hindu epics Ramayana and Mahabharata. Academic research planned in 1936–1938 by Gregory Bateson and Margaret Mead intended to focus on customary behavioral patterns in parent-infant interaction. Inspired by Kirin Narayan’s work on story-telling in South Asia, Hildred Geertz identifies eight ‘repertoires’ for story-telling (p. 98): fear of sorcerers, ambivalence about kings, (in)effectiveness of priests, tensions among fellow villagers, strains between men and women, problems within the family and the remembrance of certain ancient events.