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Despite predictions that commercial mass culture would displace customs of the past, traditions firmly abound, often characterized as folklore. In The Practice of Folklore, author Simon Bronner works with theories of cultural practice to explain the social and psychological need for tradition in everyday life.

The Practice of Folklore Essays toward a Theory

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      Publisher MP-MPP University Press of Mississippi
      Published 8/30/2019 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN-13 9781496822635
      978-1496822635
      ISBN-10 1496822633
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      Cultural studies: customs and traditions Sociology

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      Book Synopsis
      Despite predictions that commercial mass culture would displace customs of the past, traditions firmly abound, often characterized as folklore. In The Practice of Folklore, author Simon Bronner works with theories of cultural practice to explain the social and psychological need for tradition in everyday life.

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