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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... object is , not what the object is for or what it means . To be sure , there is nothing wrong with descriptive ethnography . On the contrary , one needs to know the nature of the object one is studying . It is only that pure struc ...
... object is , not what the object is for or what it means . To be sure , there is nothing wrong with descriptive ethnography . On the contrary , one needs to know the nature of the object one is studying . It is only that pure struc ...
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... object . A man who gets up out of the wrong side of the bed , for example , attributes wrongness to almost every object he perceives . This is the way in which he experiences his bad temper . " 8 Despite the triviality of the example ...
... object . A man who gets up out of the wrong side of the bed , for example , attributes wrongness to almost every object he perceives . This is the way in which he experiences his bad temper . " 8 Despite the triviality of the example ...
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... object with the thoughts in question then neatly attributed to the external object . In Freud's terms , " I hate him " becomes " He hates me . " 16 Projection obviates any feelings of guilt inasmuch as the original crime is displaced ...
... object with the thoughts in question then neatly attributed to the external object . In Freud's terms , " I hate him " becomes " He hates me . " 16 Projection obviates any feelings of guilt inasmuch as the original crime is displaced ...
Contents
Texture Text and Context | 20 |
The Curious Case of the Widemouth Frog | 62 |
A Folkloristic Reflection of | 69 |
Copyright | |
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