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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... culture - bound or culture- specific our own observations of nature may be . We tend to delude ourselves into thinking we are studying the nature of nature , foolishly forgetting that we cannot observe raw or pure nature . We can ...
... culture - bound or culture- specific our own observations of nature may be . We tend to delude ourselves into thinking we are studying the nature of nature , foolishly forgetting that we cannot observe raw or pure nature . We can ...
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... Culture Ever since the publication of H. Usener's monograph in 1903 , no one has questioned the importance of the number three in Greek and Roman culture . Subsequent investigations of classical literature , law , and medicine ( Göbel ...
... Culture Ever since the publication of H. Usener's monograph in 1903 , no one has questioned the importance of the number three in Greek and Roman culture . Subsequent investigations of classical literature , law , and medicine ( Göbel ...
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Alan Dundes. individual can escape his culture and its built - in cultural cognitive categories . Yet many individuals think they have escaped , and they claim to have described the nature of objective reality in culture - free terms ...
Alan Dundes. individual can escape his culture and its built - in cultural cognitive categories . Yet many individuals think they have escaped , and they claim to have described the nature of objective reality in culture - free terms ...
Contents
Texture Text and Context | 20 |
The Curious Case of the Widemouth Frog | 62 |
A Folkloristic Reflection of | 69 |
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