Folklore Concepts: Histories and Critiques

Author:   Dan Ben-Amos ,  Henry Glassie ,  Elliott Oring
Publisher:   Indiana University Press
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9780253049551


Pages:   260
Publication Date:   01 September 2020
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Dan Ben-Amos ,  Henry Glassie ,  Elliott Oring
Publisher:   Indiana University Press
Imprint:   Indiana University Press
Weight:   0.581kg
ISBN:  

9780253049551


ISBN 10:   0253049555
Pages:   260
Publication Date:   01 September 2020
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

"The Project / Henry Glassie The Contours of the Book / Elliott Oring Foreword / Dan Ben-Amos 1. The Idea of Folklore: An Essay 2. The Encounter with Native Americans and the Emergence of Folklore 3. Toward a Definition of Folklore in Context 4. Analytical Categories and Ethnic Genres 5. The Seven Strands of Tradition: Varieties in Its Meaning in American Folklore Studies 6. A History of Folklore Studies – Why Do We Need It? 7. The Concept of Motif in Folklore 8. ""Context"" in Context 9. Two Benin Storytellers 10. ""Induced Natural Context"" in Context 11. The Name is the Thing 12. A Definition of Folklore: A Personal Narrative Bibliography Index"

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Now Folklore Concepts is a more comprehensive anthology, and its significance equals the ""greatest hits"" volumes of other leading folklorists such as Alan Dundes (2007) and Lauri Honko (2013), whose works belong to the primary readings in academic training. The editors Henry Glassie and Elliott Oring have done an impressive and thoughtful job in selecting the articles, tying them together, and writing the introductions. -- Ulo Volk * Asian Ethnology *


Now Folklore Concepts is a more comprehensive anthology, and its significance equals the greatest hits volumes of other leading folklorists such as Alan Dundes (2007) and Lauri Honko (2013), whose works belong to the primary readings in academic training. The editors Henry Glassie and Elliott Oring have done an impressive and thoughtful job in selecting the articles, tying them together, and writing the introductions. -- Ulo Volk * Asian Ethnology *


Author Information

Dan Ben-Amos is Professor of Folklore and Comparative Literature in the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations at the University of Pennsylvania. He is author of numerous titles, including Sweet Words, Folklore in Context, Jewish Folk Literature; translator of In Praise of the Baal Shem Tov (with Jerome Mintz); and editor of Folklore: Performance and Communication (with Kenneth S. Goldstein), Folklore Genres, and volumes 1 through 3 of Folktales of the Jews. He is also editor of the Rafael Patai Series in Jewish Folklore and Anthropology at Wayne State University Press.

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