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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... ideas which are in our time but not of it . Properly speaking , folklore is only concerned with the legends , customs , beliefs , of the Folk , of the people , of the classes which have least been altered by education , which have ...
... ideas which are in our time but not of it . Properly speaking , folklore is only concerned with the legends , customs , beliefs , of the Folk , of the people , of the classes which have least been altered by education , which have ...
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... idea of limited good is , however , not just an idle intellectual exercise . There are applications to be made that may lead to a better understanding of cultural differences . For example , in the United States , the idea of limited ...
... idea of limited good is , however , not just an idle intellectual exercise . There are applications to be made that may lead to a better understanding of cultural differences . For example , in the United States , the idea of limited ...
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... idea that the wet - dry distinction has disappeared and also with the idea that it is less critical than the hot - cold dichotomy with respect to folk theories of disease . On the contrary , I believe there is ample evidence to support ...
... idea that the wet - dry distinction has disappeared and also with the idea that it is less critical than the hot - cold dichotomy with respect to folk theories of disease . On the contrary , I believe there is ample evidence to support ...
Contents
Texture Text and Context | 20 |
The Curious Case of the Widemouth Frog | 62 |
A Folkloristic Reflection of | 69 |
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