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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... interest that senators are elected for six - year terms with a stagger system so that only one third can be changed at one time . In terms of sociopolit- ical geographical units , most Americans feel loyalty to their communi- ty , their ...
... interest that senators are elected for six - year terms with a stagger system so that only one third can be changed at one time . In terms of sociopolit- ical geographical units , most Americans feel loyalty to their communi- ty , their ...
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... interest that Brinton made the following statement in 1894 : " The two univer- sal categories of the understanding ( or modes of perception ) , Space and Time , invariably present themselves in a threefold aspect : Time as the Past ...
... interest that Brinton made the following statement in 1894 : " The two univer- sal categories of the understanding ( or modes of perception ) , Space and Time , invariably present themselves in a threefold aspect : Time as the Past ...
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... interest in diffusion was heavily influenced by German ethnologists , some of whom saw the wide distribution of the bull- roarer as evidence for an extremely old layer of human culture ( cf. Hauer 1923 : 162 : Bormida 1952 ) . Part of ...
... interest in diffusion was heavily influenced by German ethnologists , some of whom saw the wide distribution of the bull- roarer as evidence for an extremely old layer of human culture ( cf. Hauer 1923 : 162 : Bormida 1952 ) . Part of ...
Contents
Texture Text and Context | 20 |
The Curious Case of the Widemouth Frog | 62 |
A Folkloristic Reflection of | 69 |
Copyright | |
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