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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: De Caro, F. A., 1943-2020 (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, [2013]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
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.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary: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 look at a number of instances of repurposing.
Physical Description:1 online resource (240 pages).
ISBN:9781621039365

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