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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Page 170
The reduction of the young woman to a travelling bag or a piece of clothing —
such as a scarf which is wrapped around the head - is understandable in terms of
the male chauvinistic sexual convention in which women are referred to by men ...
The reduction of the young woman to a travelling bag or a piece of clothing —
such as a scarf which is wrapped around the head - is understandable in terms of
the male chauvinistic sexual convention in which women are referred to by men ...
Page 181
Women are allowed to hear the sound of the bullroarer - indeed , often the
bullroarer is used to warn women to keep away ... scholarship suggests it almost
certainly is ( cf . van Baal 1963 ) , why would this need to be kept secret from
women ?
Women are allowed to hear the sound of the bullroarer - indeed , often the
bullroarer is used to warn women to keep away ... scholarship suggests it almost
certainly is ( cf . van Baal 1963 ) , why would this need to be kept secret from
women ?
Page 197
Engaging in acts normally carried out by women must at all cost be kept from
women . The would - be superiority of males would be revealed as a sham if
women were allowed to observe . The secrecy permits the males the luxury of
thinking ...
Engaging in acts normally carried out by women must at all cost be kept from
women . The would - be superiority of males would be revealed as a sham if
women were allowed to observe . The secrecy permits the males the luxury of
thinking ...
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Contents
Texture Text and Context | 20 |
The Curious Case of the Widemouth Frog | 62 |
A Folkloristic Reflection of | 69 |
Copyright | |
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| Title | Interpreting Folklore |
| Author | Alan Dundes |
| Edition | 2, illustrated, reprint |
| Publisher | Indiana University Press, 1980 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 22 Jul 2008 |
| ISBN | 0253143071, 9780253143075 |
| Length | 304 pages |
| Subjects | › Social Science / Folklore & Mythology |
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