Folklore category: 2054 books
Living Folklore, 2nd Edition
An Introduction to the Study of People and Their Traditions
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2011
Living Folklore is a comprehensive, straightforward introduction to folklore as it is lived, shared and practiced in contemporary settings. Drawing on examples from diverse American groups and experiences, this text gives the student a strong foundation—from the field's history and major terms to...
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Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2012
Latino folklore is a fun and fascinating subject to many Americans, regardless of ethnicity. Interest in—and celebration of—Latin traditions such as Día de los Muertos in the United States is becoming more common outside of Latino populations. Celebrating Latino Folklore: An Encyclopedia of Cultural...
by Trevor J. Blank
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2014
Trevor Blank broke new ground for the field of folklore studies in this essay by rationalizing the study of the internet as an important area of expressive vernacular culture. Pushing back against traditionalists who dismissed the digital as simply the domain of technicians and mass media, Blank...
Never Try to Teach a Pig to Sing
Still More Urban Folklore from the Paperwork Empire
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 1991
Never Try to Teach a Pig to Sing documents the thriving folklore tradition that circulates in the workplace. Alan Dundes and Carl Pagter have collected more than two hundred and fifty "signs of the times"—the office memoranda, parodies, cartoons, and poems that daily make their way through copy machines,...
by Barre Toelken
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 1996
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 1996
One of the most comprehensive and widely praised introductions to folklore ever written. Toelken's discussion of the history and meaning of folklore is delivered in straightforward language, easily understood definitions, and a wealth of insightful and entertaining examples.
Toelken emphasizes...
The Folkloresque
Reframing Folklore in a Popular Culture World
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2015
This volume introduces a new concept to explore the dynamic relationship between folklore and popular culture: the “folkloresque.” With “folkloresque,” Foster and Tolbert name the product created when popular culture appropriates or reinvents folkloric themes, characters, and images. Such...
Homeless, Friendless, and Penniless
The WPA Interviews with Former Slaves Living in Indiana
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2000
Homeless, Friendless, and Penniless
The WPA Interviews with Former Slaves Living in Indiana
Ronald L. Baker
Lives of former slaves in their own words, published for the first time.
Based on a collection of interviews conducted in the late 1930s, Homeless, Friendless, and Penniless is...
Le Folklore de France : la Terre
(Tome 1-b)
Language: French
Release Date: October 23, 2018
Nouvelle édition (entièrement recomposée) de ce monumental ouvrage sur le folklore de la France. Ce tome (1-b sur 4) reprend la partie consacrée à la Terre (landes et déserts, particularité du sol et de la végétation, cercles mystérieux, observances et pratiques) ; les montagnes ; les forêts...
Living Folklore
Introduction to the Study of People and their Traditions
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2005
Living Folklore is a comprehensive, straightforward introduction to folklore as it is lived, shared and practiced in contemporary settings. Drawing on examples from diverse American groups and experiences, this text gives the student a strong foundation—from the field’s history and major terms...
Saving the Nation through Culture
The Folklore Movement in Republican China
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2019
The Modern Chinese Folklore Movement coalesced at National Peking University between 1918 and 1926. A group of academics, inspired by Western thought, turned to the study of folklore – popular songs, beliefs, and customs – to rally people around the flag. Saving the Nation through Culture opens...
by Daniel Peretti
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2017
Superman rose from popular culture—comic books, newspaper strips, radio, television, novels, and movies—but people have so embraced the character that he has now become part of folklore. This transition from popular to folk culture signals the importance of Superman to fans and to a larger American...
Le Folklore de France : le Ciel
(Tome 1-a)
Language: French
Release Date: December 30, 2018
Nouvelle édition (entièrement recomposée) de ce monumental ouvrage sur le folklore de la France. Ce tome (1-a sur 4) reprend la partie consacrée au ciel en général : les astres divers, la lune, le soleil, les étoiles filantes, etc., les météores (arc-en-ciel, vents, tonnerre, éclair, pluie,...
Folklore de France : la Mer
(Tome 2-a)
Language: French
Release Date: January 8, 2017
Nouvelle édition (entièrement recomposée) de ce monumental ouvrage sur le folklore de la France. Ce tome (II-a sur 4) reprend la partie consacrée aux traditions de marin ou celles ayant trait à la mer, aux îles, rochers, grottes marines, aux navires légendaires, etc. On est surpris de la richesse...
Le Folklore de France : La Faune
(Tome 3-a)
Language: French
Release Date: April 15, 2018
Nouvelle édition (entièrement recomposée) de ce monumental ouvrage sur le folklore de la France. Ce tome (3-a sur 4) reprend la partie consacrée à la Faune : Mammifères sauvages, mammifères domestiques, oiseaux sauvages et oiseaux domestiques, reptiles, insectes et poissons en sont les grands...