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 161
... woman as a term including man just as female includes male . This would make men a diminished form of women ! Possibly the folk interpretation held might be correlated with the sex of the holder of the opinion . Among the other evidence ...
... woman as a term including man just as female includes male . This would make men a diminished form of women ! Possibly the folk interpretation held might be correlated with the sex of the holder of the opinion . Among the other evidence ...
Page 170
... women should do , but also what women should not do . The statement of the negative is just as important as the statement of the positive . Women should not only act like women ( as prescribed and defined by males ) , but they should ...
... women should do , but also what women should not do . The statement of the negative is just as important as the statement of the positive . Women should not only act like women ( as prescribed and defined by males ) , but they should ...
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... women , the feature of the bullroarer complex that most troubled Lowie . Women are allowed to hear the sound of the bullroarer - indeed , often the bullroarer is used to warn women to keep away . If the bullroarer is phallic - as recent ...
... women , the feature of the bullroarer complex that most troubled Lowie . Women are allowed to hear the sound of the bullroarer - indeed , often the bullroarer is used to warn women to keep away . If the bullroarer is phallic - as recent ...
Contents
Texture Text and Context | 20 |
The Curious Case of the Widemouth Frog | 62 |
A Folkloristic Reflection of | 69 |
Copyright | |
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