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The storytelling human : Lithuanian folk tradition today /

"This book is among the very few publications offering to the English-speaking readership significant insights into contemporary Lithuanian folklore research. Dealing with broad variety of materials-from archived manuscripts to audio-recorded life stories to internet folklore, it comprises such...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Būgienė, Lina, 1968- (Compilador, Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Boston : Academic Studies Press, 2020.
Colección:Lithuanian studies without borders.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:"This book is among the very few publications offering to the English-speaking readership significant insights into contemporary Lithuanian folklore research. Dealing with broad variety of materials-from archived manuscripts to audio-recorded life stories to internet folklore, it comprises such topics as history and identity, traditional worldview influencing modern people's actions, construction of the mental landscape, types and modes of storytelling, the modern uses of proverbs, anecdotes, and internet lore. In a balanced way reflecting upon past and present, tradition and modernity, individual and collective, and employing modern research methodologies to dissect and analyze popular subjects and themes, the eight separate essays comprising the book present a condensed view of the popular Lithuanian culture and mentality"--
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xviii, 270 pages) : illustrations.
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781644694251
1644694255
9781644694244
1644694247