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Folklore Concepts : Histories and Critiques /

By defining folklore as artistic communication in small groups, Dan Ben-Amos led the discipline of Folklore in new directions. In Folklore Concepts, Henry Glassie and Elliott Oring have curated a selection of Ben-Amos's groundbreaking essays that explore folklore as a category in cultural commu...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Ben-Amos, Dan (Autor)
Otros Autores: Oring, Elliott, 1945- (Editor ), Glassie, Henry, 1941- (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2021
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The idea of folklore : an essay
  • The encounter with native Americans and the emergence of folklore
  • Toward a definition of folklore in context
  • Analytical categories and ethnic genres
  • The seven strands of tradition : varieties in its meaning in American folklore studies
  • A history of folklore studies--Why do we need it?
  • The concept of motif in folklore
  • Context in context
  • Two Benin storytellers
  • Induced natural context in context
  • The name is the thing
  • A definition of folklore : a personal narrative.