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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... joke . Rather , one should bear and see it performed . The critical paralinguistic and kinesic features essential to the joke's per- formance cannot really be successfully translated into the format re- quired by the orthographic ...
... joke . Rather , one should bear and see it performed . The critical paralinguistic and kinesic features essential to the joke's per- formance cannot really be successfully translated into the format re- quired by the orthographic ...
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... joke . Here is an admir- able example of how folklore encapsulates worldview and , more spe- cifically , how the structure of folklore delineates in microcosm the structure of worldview . In most American jokes , the whole joke is told ...
... joke . Here is an admir- able example of how folklore encapsulates worldview and , more spe- cifically , how the structure of folklore delineates in microcosm the structure of worldview . In most American jokes , the whole joke is told ...
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... joke which utilizes the same range of punch lines as the wide - mouth frog joke . In the older joke , the punch line is uttered by a woman after she is told by a man that just as the size of a man's nose indicates the size of his ...
... joke which utilizes the same range of punch lines as the wide - mouth frog joke . In the older joke , the punch line is uttered by a woman after she is told by a man that just as the size of a man's nose indicates the size of his ...
Contents
Texture Text and Context | 20 |
The Curious Case of the Widemouth Frog | 62 |
A Folkloristic Reflection of | 69 |
Copyright | |
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