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Examines the split between literary folklorists and anthropological folklorists.

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"American Folklore Scholarship is rich reading, outlining the intellectual genealogy of American folklore and delivering many interesting historical tidbits. Folklore teachers will want to use this book in their introductory theory classes, while doctoral students will want to memorize the book before their qualifying exams." Folklore Forum "... a welcome overview of the discipline in North America and the practitioners who established it." American Anthropologist

Table of Contents

Foreword by Alan Dundes
Preface

1. Discipline and Identity
2. American Folklore Studies: Field and Scope
3. The Schism in Folklore
4. Literary Folklorists
5. The Anthropological Folklorists
6. Approaches to Folklore: The Literary and the Anthropological
7. Remnants of the past in the present: Conflict in Contemporary Folklore Theory

Notes
Archival Sources
Abbreviations
Bibliography
Index

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      Publisher: Indiana University Press
      Publication Date: 22/06/1988
      ISBN13: 9780253204721, 978-0253204721
      ISBN10: 0253204720
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      Folklore studies / Study of myth

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Examines the split between literary folklorists and anthropological folklorists.

      Trade Review
      "American Folklore Scholarship is rich reading, outlining the intellectual genealogy of American folklore and delivering many interesting historical tidbits. Folklore teachers will want to use this book in their introductory theory classes, while doctoral students will want to memorize the book before their qualifying exams." Folklore Forum "... a welcome overview of the discipline in North America and the practitioners who established it." American Anthropologist

      Table of Contents

      Foreword by Alan Dundes
      Preface

      1. Discipline and Identity
      2. American Folklore Studies: Field and Scope
      3. The Schism in Folklore
      4. Literary Folklorists
      5. The Anthropological Folklorists
      6. Approaches to Folklore: The Literary and the Anthropological
      7. Remnants of the past in the present: Conflict in Contemporary Folklore Theory

      Notes
      Archival Sources
      Abbreviations
      Bibliography
      Index

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