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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... similar but immate- rial relics of old races , the surviving superstitions and stories , the ideas which are in our time but not of it . Properly speaking , folklore is only concerned with the legends , customs , beliefs , of the Folk ...
... similar but immate- rial relics of old races , the surviving superstitions and stories , the ideas which are in our time but not of it . Properly speaking , folklore is only concerned with the legends , customs , beliefs , of the Folk ...
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... similar to reading inkblots . By the same token , there are folkloristic analogues to sentence completion , word association , or storytelling psychological tests . For example , there is a popular Amer- ican party game in which " It ...
... similar to reading inkblots . By the same token , there are folkloristic analogues to sentence completion , word association , or storytelling psychological tests . For example , there is a popular Amer- ican party game in which " It ...
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... similar ritual behavior in American culture . 34 One of the most common gestures , obscene or nonobscene , in the United States consists of giving a rival or enemy the " digitus im- pudicus " better known in folk parlance as " the ...
... similar ritual behavior in American culture . 34 One of the most common gestures , obscene or nonobscene , in the United States consists of giving a rival or enemy the " digitus im- pudicus " better known in folk parlance as " the ...
Contents
Texture Text and Context | 20 |
The Curious Case of the Widemouth Frog | 62 |
A Folkloristic Reflection of | 69 |
Copyright | |
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