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 164
Aside from the fact that boys are discussed first , the compositional differences
are clear - cut . In the English version , boys are made of frogs and snails . 3 The
frog is a standard phallic symbol ( as in the Frog Prince fairy tale ) ( AT 440 )
which ...
Aside from the fact that boys are discussed first , the compositional differences
are clear - cut . In the English version , boys are made of frogs and snails . 3 The
frog is a standard phallic symbol ( as in the Frog Prince fairy tale ) ( AT 440 )
which ...
Page 193
How could symbolic castration make a boy into a man ? This raises one of the
most difficult and troublesome theoretical questions with respect to initiation rites
( and indirectly to the bullroarer ) . Does initiation make men of boys or does it ...
How could symbolic castration make a boy into a man ? This raises one of the
most difficult and troublesome theoretical questions with respect to initiation rites
( and indirectly to the bullroarer ) . Does initiation make men of boys or does it ...
Page 241
The boy then says to her that if she will uncover her breasts , he will remedy the
situation . She does so and the boy ... The king ' s wife , their mother , squirts milk
into their mouths , thereby proving to the boys her relationship to them . Cosquin
...
The boy then says to her that if she will uncover her breasts , he will remedy the
situation . She does so and the boy ... The king ' s wife , their mother , squirts milk
into their mouths , thereby proving to the boys her relationship to them . Cosquin
...
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Contents
Texture Text and Context | 20 |
The Curious Case of the Widemouth Frog | 62 |
A Folkloristic Reflection of | 69 |
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 Michigan |
| Digitized | 8 Oct 2008 |
| ISBN | 0253143071, 9780253143075 |
| Length | 304 pages |
| Subjects | › Social Science / Folklore & Mythology |
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