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 91
... Anthropologists do not always agree whether man is active or pas- sive with regard to worldview . Bronislaw Malinowski , for example , tended to consider man passive : he depicted man as being molded by the impress of a culturally ...
... Anthropologists do not always agree whether man is active or pas- sive with regard to worldview . Bronislaw Malinowski , for example , tended to consider man passive : he depicted man as being molded by the impress of a culturally ...
Page 157
... anthropologists do not seem to have been aware of the pattern . Whorf , one of the pioneers in the study of the cultural conditioning of thought patterns , failed to see the influence of tripartition on his own work . His coinage of the ...
... anthropologists do not seem to have been aware of the pattern . Whorf , one of the pioneers in the study of the cultural conditioning of thought patterns , failed to see the influence of tripartition on his own work . His coinage of the ...
Page 193
... anthropological and psychoanalytic interpretations . Anthropologists claim that initia- tion rites make men ; psychoanalysts claim that the same rites make men into pseudo - women . One can , however , accept both positions . Initiation ...
... anthropological and psychoanalytic interpretations . Anthropologists claim that initia- tion rites make men ; psychoanalysts claim that the same rites make men into pseudo - women . One can , however , accept both positions . Initiation ...
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Texture Text and Context | 20 |
The Curious Case of the Widemouth Frog | 62 |
A Folkloristic Reflection of | 69 |
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