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 99
Spooner might also have realized that no theory can be persuasive unless or
until it enables one to explain the particulars of a given custom or segment of
human behavior . How does the notion of envy explain , for example , the specific
...
Spooner might also have realized that no theory can be persuasive unless or
until it enables one to explain the particulars of a given custom or segment of
human behavior . How does the notion of envy explain , for example , the specific
...
Page 179
It would be difficult enough to explain the cross - cultural occurrence of a single
artifact , but it is even more of a challenge to explain the entire bullroarer complex
. In 1881 , Tylor remarked , “ It need hardly be said that the extraordinary ...
It would be difficult enough to explain the cross - cultural occurrence of a single
artifact , but it is even more of a challenge to explain the entire bullroarer complex
. In 1881 , Tylor remarked , “ It need hardly be said that the extraordinary ...
Page 181
Frazer's ingenious theorizing is plausible as far as it goes , but it does not really
explain why the bullroarer must be kept from women , the feature of the bullroarer
complex that most troubled Lowie . Women are allowed to hear the sound of the ...
Frazer's ingenious theorizing is plausible as far as it goes , but it does not really
explain why the bullroarer must be kept from women , the feature of the bullroarer
complex that most troubled Lowie . Women are allowed to hear the sound of the ...
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Contents
The Curious Case of the Widemouth Frog | 62 |
A Folkloristic Reflection of | 69 |
Seeing Is Believing | 86 |
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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