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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Perhaps one possible moral is that free speech is dangerous in a closed society (
the zoo). However, in some versions, the animals questioned by the wide-mouth
frog are not described as being in a zoo. Another possible interpretation not at ...
Perhaps one possible moral is that free speech is dangerous in a closed society (
the zoo). However, in some versions, the animals questioned by the wide-mouth
frog are not described as being in a zoo. Another possible interpretation not at ...
Page 105
The entrant normally would not think of accepting the invitation, and the courtesy
appears to have the double function of acknowledging the possible presence of
envy and, at the same time, eliminating its cause. After commenting upon the ...
The entrant normally would not think of accepting the invitation, and the courtesy
appears to have the double function of acknowledging the possible presence of
envy and, at the same time, eliminating its cause. After commenting upon the ...
Page 225
However, it is possible to note the consistent concern with attempting to separate
out the folkloristic elements from the New Testament so as to come as close as
humanly possible to unalloyed "gospel" truth. The utilization of comparative ...
However, it is possible to note the consistent concern with attempting to separate
out the folkloristic elements from the New Testament so as to come as close as
humanly possible to unalloyed "gospel" truth. The utilization of comparative ...
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Contents
i | 1 |
Texture Text and Context | 20 |
The Curious Case of the Widemouth Frog | 62 |
Copyright | |
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| Title | Interpreting folklore |
| Author | Alan Dundes |
| Edition | 2, illustrated |
| Publisher | Indiana University Press, 1980 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 22 Jul 2008 |
| ISBN | 0253143071, 9780253143075 |
| Length | 304 pages |
| Subjects | › Folklore Folklore - Methodology Folklore - United States Folklore Theory, methods, etc Folklore United States Folklore/ Methodology Folklore/ United States Psychoanalysis and folklore Social Science / Folklore & Mythology |
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