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Presents a study of folklore and folklore methodologies. This book outlines four perspectives that researchers employ to conceptualize, document, and study the phenomena that we consider 'folklore': folklore as artifact, describable and diffusible entity, culture, and behavior. It describes the pervasiveness of folklore in everyday life.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Chapter 1: Folklore and Its Study

Folkore As Historical Artifact
Chapter 2: Folkloristics as an Historical Science
Chapter 3: Survival, Continuity, Revival, and Historical Source

Folklore As Describable and Transmissible Entity
Chapter 4: Folklore as Genre and Type
Chapter 5: The Dissemination of Folklore

Folklore As Culture
Chapter 6: Folklore in Cultural Contexts
Chapter 7: Folklore in the Culture of Groups in Contact

Folklore As Behavior
Chapter 8: Folklore and Human Psychology
Chapter 9: Folklore as Personal Resource

Conclusion
Chapter 10: In Retrospect

Index

Folkloristics

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      Publisher: Indiana University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 22/09/1995
      ISBN13: 9780253209948, 978-0253209948
      ISBN10: 0253209943

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Presents a study of folklore and folklore methodologies. This book outlines four perspectives that researchers employ to conceptualize, document, and study the phenomena that we consider 'folklore': folklore as artifact, describable and diffusible entity, culture, and behavior. It describes the pervasiveness of folklore in everyday life.

      Table of Contents

      Introduction

      Chapter 1: Folklore and Its Study

      Folkore As Historical Artifact
      Chapter 2: Folkloristics as an Historical Science
      Chapter 3: Survival, Continuity, Revival, and Historical Source

      Folklore As Describable and Transmissible Entity
      Chapter 4: Folklore as Genre and Type
      Chapter 5: The Dissemination of Folklore

      Folklore As Culture
      Chapter 6: Folklore in Cultural Contexts
      Chapter 7: Folklore in the Culture of Groups in Contact

      Folklore As Behavior
      Chapter 8: Folklore and Human Psychology
      Chapter 9: Folklore as Personal Resource

      Conclusion
      Chapter 10: In Retrospect

      Index

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