Folklore and folklife, an introduction. Edited by Richard M. Dorson.
Describes the characteristics of folk cultures and discusses the procedures used by social scientists to study folklife.
Record details
- ISBN: 0226158705
- ISBN: 9780226158709
- Physical Description: x, 561 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Publisher: Chicago, University of Chicago Press [1972]
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographies. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Preface ; Concepts of folklore and folklife studies / Richard M. Dorson -- Folk narrative / Linda Dégh -- Narrative folk poetry / W. Edson Richmond -- Folk epic / Felix J. Oinas -- Proverbs and proverbial expressions / Roger D. Abrahams -- Riddles / Roger D. Abrahams and Alan Dundes -- Folk speech / W. Edson Richmond -- Festivals and celebrations / Robert J. Smith -- Recreations and games / Robert A. Georges / Folk medicine / Don Yoder -- Folk religion / John C. Messenger -- Folk crafts / Warren E. Roberts -- Folk art / Henry Glassie -- Folk architecture / Warren E. Roberts -- Folk costume ; Folk Cookery / Don Yoder -- Folk drama / Roger D. Abrahams -- Folk music / George List -- Folk dance / Joann Wheeler Kealiinohomoku -- Fieldwork : collecting oral literature / Donald A. Macdonald -- Fieldwork : recording material culture / Warren E. Roberts -- Fieldwork : recording traditional music / George List -- Archiving / George List -- The use of printed sources / Richard M. Dorson -- Folk atlas mapping / Robert Wildhaber -- The use of artifacts and folk art in the folk museum / J. Geraint Jenkins -- The cultural geographer and folklife research / E. Estyn Evans. |
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Subject: | Folklore. Ethnology. |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Northwest Indian College.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Lummi Library | GR 65 .D67 1972 | 262740 | Stacks | Available | - |