Interpreting Folklore

Author : Alan Dundes
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1980-08-22
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 025320240X

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Interpreting Folklore by Alan Dundes Pdf

" . . . Dundes has produced a work which will be useful to both students and teachers who wish to broaden their understanding of modern folklore." —Center for Southern Folklore Magazine "It is impossible ever to remain unimpressed with [Dundes'] excursuses, however much one may be in disagreement (or not) with his conclusions." —Forum for Modern Language Studies Often controversial, Alan Dundes's scholarship is always provocative, perceptive, and intelligent. His concern here is to assess the material folklorists have so painstakingly amassed and classified, to interpret folklore, and to use folklore to increase our understanding of human nature and culture.

Author : Timothy R. Tangherlini
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 374 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2015-02-11
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317550648

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Interpreting Legend (RLE Folklore) by Timothy R. Tangherlini Pdf

This book, first published in 1994, sets ‘repertoire against raconteur’ in order to explore one of the world’s largest collections of folk literature. The author’s findings, and his creative and synthetic methodologies, enhance greatly our understanding of the world of the legend, and especially the basic question of ‘Who tells what to whom in the form of a legend and why?’ This work is an in-depth exploration of rural Denmark, and provides us with an excellent vantage point from which to understand legends in their cultural contexts and within the lives of their tellers.

Author : Trevor J. Blank
Publisher : University Press of Colorado
Page : 46 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2014-06-14
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780874219456

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Toward a Conceptual Framework for the Study of Folklore and the Internet by Trevor J. Blank Pdf

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 argues that "from the earliest moments of the modern Internet’s existence, folklore was a central component of the domain, moderating the intersection of computer professionals with hackers, newfangled lingo, and the dispersal of stories, pranks, and legends." With this essay and the volume it introduces, Blank theorizes the internet as an important analytic venue for folklorists, and sets the agenda for digital folklore research. Utah State University Press’s Current Arguments in Folklore is a series of thought-provoking, short-form, digital publications made up of provocative original material and selections from foundational titles by leading thinkers in the field. Perfect for the folklore classroom as well as the professional collection, this series provides access to important introductory content as well as innovative new work intended to stimulate scholarly conversation.

Author : Richard M. Dorson
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 614 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1986-02-22
Category : Music
ISBN : 0253203732

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Handbook of American Folklore by Richard M. Dorson Pdf

Includes material on interpretation methods and presentation of research.

Author : Martha Sims,Martine Stephens
Publisher : University Press of Colorado
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2005-07-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780874215175

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Living Folklore by Martha Sims,Martine Stephens Pdf

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 theories, interpretive approaches, and fieldwork. Many teachers of undergraduates find the available folklore textbooks too complex or unwieldy for an introductory level course. It is precisely this criticism that Living Folklore addresses; while comprehensive and rigorous, the book is specifically intended to meet the needs of those students who are just beginning their study of the discipline. Its real strength lies in how it combines carefully articulated foundational concepts with relevant examples and a student-oriented teaching philosophy.

Author : Alan Dundes
Publisher : Prentice Hall
Page : 508 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1965
Category : Social Science
ISBN : IND:30000011916347

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The Study of Folklore by Alan Dundes Pdf

Anthology of essays by scholars from many fields of knowledge showing the evolution of folklore as a discipline and its role in many aspects of daily living.

Author : Elliott Oring
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Folklore
ISBN : 0985521414

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Just Folklore by Elliott Oring Pdf

Just Folklore is a remarkable collection of essays on the forms and concepts of folklore. Jokes, legends, beliefs, ballads, rituals, routines, and material objects are dissected to reveal the ways they are constructed and the meanings they can convey. Tradition, transmission, symbol, group, identity, and other key concepts in the field are scrutinized to expose hidden problems and to suggest directions that folklore studies might fruitfully explore. Although originally written for folklorists, these essays are accessible to serious students new to the field. They will provoke discussion and debate. Students can find in these essays provocative and compelling models for the analysis and interpretation of the arts and traditions of everyday life.

Author : L. Bryce Boyer,Ruth M. Boyer,Stephen M. Sonnenberg
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 528 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2018-12-07
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781135827595

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The Psychoanalytic Study of Society, V. 18 by L. Bryce Boyer,Ruth M. Boyer,Stephen M. Sonnenberg Pdf

Opening with a critical appreciation of Alan Dundes (M. Carroll) and Dundes's own cross-cultural study of the cockfight, Volume 18 includes chapters on psychoanalysis and Hindu sexual fantasies (W. Doniger); the modern folk tale "The Boyfriend's Death" (M. Carroll); a gruesome Eskimo bedtime story (R. Boyer); the homosexual implications of Argentinean soccer (M. Suarez-Orozco); and the symbolism of a Malaysian religious festival (E. Fuller).

Author : Martha Sims,Martine Stephens
Publisher : University Press of Colorado
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2011-10-31
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780874218459

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Living Folklore, 2nd Edition by Martha Sims,Martine Stephens Pdf

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 theories and interpretive approaches. Living Folklore moves beyond genres and classifications, and encourages students who are new to the field to see the study of folklore as a unique approach to understanding people, communities, and day-to-day artistic communication. This revised edition incorporates new examples, research, and theory along with added discussion of digital and online folklore.

Author : Trevor J. Blank
Publisher : University Press of Colorado
Page : 319 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2009-09-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781457174742

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Folklore and the Internet by Trevor J. Blank Pdf

A pioneering examination of the folkloric qualities of the World Wide Web, e-mail, and related digital media. These stuidies show that folk culture, sustained by a new and evolving vernacular, has been a key, since the Internet's beginnings, to language, practice, and interaction online. Users of many sorts continue to develop the Internet as a significant medium for generating, transmitting, documenting, and preserving folklore. In a set of new, insightful essays, contributors Trevor J. Blank, Simon J. Bronner, Robert Dobler, Russell Frank, Gregory Hansen, Robert Glenn Howard, Lynne S. McNeill, Elizabeth Tucker, and William Westerman showcase ways the Internet both shapes and is shaped by folklore

Author : Susan Niditch
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Bible
ISBN : 0252068831

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A Prelude to Biblical Folklore by Susan Niditch Pdf

Treating Old Testament stories as the product of an oral traditional world, A Prelude to Biblical Folklore sets biblical narrative in a broad cross-cultural context and reveals much about the richness and complexity of the ancient Israelite civilization that produced it. Using a unique combination of biblical scholarship and folklore methodology, Susan Niditch tracks stories of biblical characters who become heroes against the odds, either through trickery or through native wisdom, physical prowess, and the help of human or divine agents. In this volume, originally published as Underdogs and Tricksters, Niditch examines three cross-sections of the Old Testament in detail: stories in Genesis in which patriarchs pretend that their wives are really their sisters; the contrasting stories of two younger sons, the trickster Jacob and the earnest underdog Joseph; and the story of Esther as a paradigm of feminine wisdom pitted against unjust authority. Linking these Old Testament heroes to the legendary tricksters and underdogs of other cultures, Niditch shows how the Israelites' worldview and self-image are reflected in the way biblical authors tell their stories. Through a thoughtful analysis of style, content, narrative choices, and attitudes to issues of gender and political authority in biblical narrative, A Prelude to Biblical Folklore draws persuasive conclusions about the identity, location, and provenance of the stories' authors and their audiences.

Author : Michael Dylan Foster,Jeffrey A. Tolbert
Publisher : University Press of Colorado
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2015-11-02
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781457197468

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The Folkloresque by Michael Dylan Foster,Jeffrey A. Tolbert Pdf

"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 manufactured tropes are traditionally considered outside the purview of academic folklore study, but the folkloresque offers a frame for understanding them that is grounded in the discourse and theory of the discipline.Fantasy fiction, comic books, anime, video games, literature, professional storytelling and comedy, and even popular science writing all commonly incorporate elements from tradition or draw on basic folklore genres to inform their structure. Through three primary modes—integration, portrayal, and parody—the collection offers a set of heuristic tools for analysis of how folklore is increasingly used in these commercial and mass-market contexts.The Folkloresque challenges disciplinary and genre boundaries; suggests productive new approaches for interpreting folklore, popular culture, literature, film, and contemporary media; and encourages a rethinking of traditional works and older interpretive paradigms."

Author : Sabra J. Webber
Publisher : Waveland Press
Page : 138 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2014-11-05
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781478627296

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Folklore Unbound by Sabra J. Webber Pdf

Folklore is a powerful resource that not only manages the past, giving it continuity, but also usefully comments on present cultural and social issues. This thoughtful, incisive work first charts important dimensions in the development of folklore studies from the eighteenth century to the present. Next, it marshals the major theoretical issues of the modern discipline, including performance theory, genre theory, the relationship with culture studies and the study of linguistic and musical art forms, the insights of comparative studies, public folklore, and even the place of folklore in the media. Webber draws heavily on the influential work and maverick charisma of Alan Dundes, world famous folklorist who expanded the definitions of both “folk” and “lore” for thousands of folklore students and underscored why lore should be studied ethnographically and aesthetically. Webber’s aim is to evaluate the study of folklore as a tool for understanding the lived experience of various “folk” and for questioning, rather than reinforcing, the status quo. Her work, which draws from the rich methods and materials of many disciplines, shows originality, breadth, and a firm grasp of the history of folkloristics.

Author : Simon J. Bronner
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Social Science
ISBN : IND:39000005581181

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American Folklore Studies by Simon J. Bronner Pdf

Author : Timothy R. Tangherlini
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 374 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2015-02-11
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317550655

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Interpreting Legend (RLE Folklore) by Timothy R. Tangherlini Pdf

This book, first published in 1994, sets ‘repertoire against raconteur’ in order to explore one of the world’s largest collections of folk literature. The author’s findings, and his creative and synthetic methodologies, enhance greatly our understanding of the world of the legend, and especially the basic question of ‘Who tells what to whom in the form of a legend and why?’ This work is an in-depth exploration of rural Denmark, and provides us with an excellent vantage point from which to understand legends in their cultural contexts and within the lives of their tellers.