Interpreting Folklore..". Dundes has produced a work which will be useful to both students and teachers who wish to broaden their understanding of modern folklore." -- Center for Southern Folklore Magazine "It is impossible ever to remain unimpressed with [Dundes'] excursuses, however much one may be in disagreement (or not) with his conclusions." -- Forum for Modern Language Studies Often controversial, Alan Dundes's scholarship is always provocative, perceptive, and intelligent. His concern here is to assess the material folklorists have so painstakingly amassed and classified, to interpret folklore, and to use folklore to increase our understanding of human nature and culture. |
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... football ( soccer ) in Oedipal terms . Each team defends the goal at their back . “ In front is a new land , the new woman , whom they strive to possess in the interest of preserving the mother inviolate , in order , as it were , to ...
... football ( soccer ) in Oedipal terms . Each team defends the goal at their back . “ In front is a new land , the new woman , whom they strive to possess in the interest of preserving the mother inviolate , in order , as it were , to ...
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... football . It should also be noted that game can carry the same sexual connotation as sport.31 I have no doubt that a good many football players and fans will be skeptical ( to say the least ) of the analysis proposed here . Even aca ...
... football . It should also be noted that game can carry the same sexual connotation as sport.31 I have no doubt that a good many football players and fans will be skeptical ( to say the least ) of the analysis proposed here . Even aca ...
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... Football 1. W. Branch Johnson , " Football , A Survival of Magic ? " The Contemporary Review 135 ( 1929 ) : 228 . 2. Johnson , 230-31 ; Francis Peabody Magoun , Jr. , " Shrove Tuesday Football , " Harvard Studies and Notes in Philology ...
... Football 1. W. Branch Johnson , " Football , A Survival of Magic ? " The Contemporary Review 135 ( 1929 ) : 228 . 2. Johnson , 230-31 ; Francis Peabody Magoun , Jr. , " Shrove Tuesday Football , " Harvard Studies and Notes in Philology ...
Contents
Texture Text and Context | 20 |
The Curious Case of the Widemouth Frog | 62 |
A Folkloristic Reflection of | 69 |
Copyright | |
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