Folklore Recycled : Old Traditions in New Contexts /

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This title starts from the proposition that folklore - usually thought of in its historical social context as 'oral tradition' - is easily appropriated, recycled, into other contexts. The book discusses the larger issue of folklore being recycled into non-folk contexts, and proceeds to loo...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: De Caro, F. A., 1943-2020 (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, [2013]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Literature and folklore.
Folklore.
Folk literature, American.
Folk art.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Folklore & Mythology.
Art populaire > États-Unis > Histoire.
Litterature et folklore > États-Unis > Histoire et critique.
Litterature populaire americaine > Histoire et critique.
Folklore > États-Unis > Histoire et critique.
Folk art > United States > History.
Literature and folklore > United States > History and criticism.
Folk literature, American > History and criticism.
Folklore > United States > History and criticism.
United States.
History.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction folklore's messiness
  • "Authentic local culture" : the open textuality of a folk tradition
  • "In this folk-lore land" establishing race, class, and identity through folklore studies / coauthor, Rosan Augusta Jordan
  • "Unrivalled charms" folklore, nonfiction, and Lafcadio Hearn
  • Photographing folklife document, symbol, propaganda
  • "The age of fire and gravel" "occult" and "alternative history" uses of folklore
  • Americans and the folk arts in Mexico tourism, fine art, architecture, interior decoration, international relations
  • A brief conclusion.

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