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 161
... woman as a term including man just as female includes male . This would make men a diminished form of women ! Possibly the folk interpretation held might be correlated with the sex of the holder of the opinion . Among the other evidence ...
... woman as a term including man just as female includes male . This would make men a diminished form of women ! Possibly the folk interpretation held might be correlated with the sex of the holder of the opinion . Among the other evidence ...
Page 170
... women should do , but also what women should not do . The statement of the negative is just as important as the statement of the positive . Women should not only act like women ( as prescribed and defined by males ) , but they should ...
... women should do , but also what women should not do . The statement of the negative is just as important as the statement of the positive . Women should not only act like women ( as prescribed and defined by males ) , but they should ...
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... women to join the sexually segregated domain of men . Sons in their later struggles with distant or strict fathers would often ask their mothers to intervene on their behalf . The communication chain would involve a son asking his ...
... women to join the sexually segregated domain of men . Sons in their later struggles with distant or strict fathers would often ask their mothers to intervene on their behalf . The communication chain would involve a son asking 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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