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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Alan Dundes. eat them if he got the chance . " Finally the boys are shown the bull- roarers and they touch their bodies with them . Again it would appear that boys become men by means of male anal power . Boys are or become feces as part ...
Alan Dundes. eat them if he got the chance . " Finally the boys are shown the bull- roarers and they touch their bodies with them . Again it would appear that boys become men by means of male anal power . Boys are or become feces as part ...
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... boy into a man ? This raises one of the most difficult and troublesome theoretical questions with respect to initiation rites ( and indirectly to the bull- roarer ) . Does initiation make men of boys or does it make women of boys ...
... boy into a man ? This raises one of the most difficult and troublesome theoretical questions with respect to initiation rites ( and indirectly to the bull- roarer ) . Does initiation make men of boys or does it make women of boys ...
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... boy then says to her that if she will un- cover her breasts , he will remedy the situation . She does so and the boy nurses ... boys her relationship to them . Cosquin suggests that these legends may be cognate with the stories of Sargon ...
... boy then says to her that if she will un- cover her breasts , he will remedy the situation . She does so and the boy nurses ... boys her relationship to them . Cosquin suggests that these legends may be cognate with the stories of Sargon ...
Contents
Texture Text and Context | 20 |
The Curious Case of the Widemouth Frog | 62 |
A Folkloristic Reflection of | 69 |
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