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Author |
: Terry Ann Mood-Leopold |
Publisher |
: Bloomsbury Publishing USA |
Total Pages |
: 497 |
Release |
: 2004-09-24 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781576076217 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1576076210 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (17 Downloads) |
Synopsis American Regional Folklore by : Terry Ann Mood-Leopold
An easy-to-use guide to American regional folklore with advice on conducting research, regional essays, and a selective annotated bibliography. American Regional Folklore begins with a chapter on library research, including how to locate a library suitable for folklore research, how to understand a library's resources, and how to construct a research strategy. Mood also gives excellent advice on researching beyond the library: locating and using community resources like historical societies, museums, fairs and festivals, storytelling groups, local colleges, newspapers and magazines, and individuals with knowledge of the field. The rest of the book is divided into eight sections, each one highlighting a separate region (the Northeast, the South and Southern Highlands, the Midwest, the Southwest, the West, the Northwest, Alaska, and Hawaii). Each regional section contains a useful overview essay, written by an expert on the folklore of that particular region, followed by a selective, annotated bibliography of books and a directory of related resources.
Author |
: Richard M. Dorson |
Publisher |
: University of Chicago Press |
Total Pages |
: 592 |
Release |
: 1964 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780226158624 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0226158624 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (24 Downloads) |
Synopsis Buying the Wind by : Richard M. Dorson
Selection of tales, songs, riddles, proverbs and other items of folklore from seven regional cultures of the U.S.A.
Author |
: Terry Ann Mood |
Publisher |
: ABC-CLIO |
Total Pages |
: 504 |
Release |
: 2004-09-24 |
ISBN-10 |
: IND:30000095828780 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (80 Downloads) |
Synopsis American Regional Folklore by : Terry Ann Mood
A guide to American regional folklore with advice on conducting research, regional essays, and an annotated bibliography. It covers library research, including how to locate a library suitable for folklore research, how to understand a library's resources, and how to construct a research strategy.
Author |
: Richard Mercer Dorson |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 573 |
Release |
: 1972 |
ISBN-10 |
: OCLC:886914826 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (26 Downloads) |
Synopsis Buying the Wind by : Richard Mercer Dorson
Author |
: Barbara Allen |
Publisher |
: University Press of Kentucky |
Total Pages |
: 290 |
Release |
: 2021-10-21 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780813185095 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0813185092 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (95 Downloads) |
Synopsis Sense Of Place by : Barbara Allen
Despite the homogenization of American life, areas of strong regional consciousness still persist in the United States, and there is a growing interest in regionalism among the public and among academics. In response to that interest ten folklorists here describe and interpret a variety of American regional cultures in the twentieth century. Their book is the first to deal specifically with regional culture and the first to employ the perspective of folklore in the study of regional identity and consciousness. The authors range widely over the United States, from the Eastern Shore to the Pacific Northwest, from the Southern Mountains to the Great Plains. They look at a variety of cultural expressions and practices—legends, anecdotes, songs, foodways, architecture, and crafts. Tying their work together is a common consideration of how regional culture shapes and is shaped by the consciousness of living in a special place. In exploring this dimension of regional culture the authors consider the influence of natural environment and historical experience on the development of regional culture, the role of ethnicity in regional consciousness, the tensions between insiders and outsiders that stem from a sense of regional identity, and the changes in culture in response to social and economic change. With its focus on cultural manifestations and its folkloristic perspective this book provides a fresh and needed contribution to regional studies. Written in a clear, readable style, it will appeal to general readers interested in American regions and their cultures. At the same time the research and analytical approach make it useful not only to folklorists but to cultural geographers, anthropologists, and other scholars of regional studies.
Author |
: Linda S. Watts |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 484 |
Release |
: 2007 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0739484427 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780739484425 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (27 Downloads) |
Synopsis Encyclopedia of American Folklore by : Linda S. Watts
Encyclopedia of American Folklore helps readers explore the topics, terms, themes, figures, and issues related to the folklore of the United States.
Author |
: Ann E. Vitale |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 101 |
Release |
: 2003 |
ISBN-10 |
: 1590843282 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781590843284 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (82 Downloads) |
Synopsis Regional Folklore by : Ann E. Vitale
Folklore of the geographical regions of the United States and eastern Canada is explored.
Author |
: American Folklore Society. Committee on Research in Folklore |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 80 |
Release |
: 1947 |
ISBN-10 |
: UGA:32108005724771 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (71 Downloads) |
Synopsis Folklore Research in North America by : American Folklore Society. Committee on Research in Folklore
Author |
: Jan Harold Brunvand |
Publisher |
: W W Norton & Company Incorporated |
Total Pages |
: 466 |
Release |
: 1979 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0393950298 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780393950298 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (98 Downloads) |
Synopsis Readings in American Folklore by : Jan Harold Brunvand
This book fills the long-felt need for an organized collection of scholarly studies in American folklore.
Author |
: Richard M. Dorson |
Publisher |
: University of Chicago Press |
Total Pages |
: 346 |
Release |
: 1961-01-15 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0226158586 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780226158587 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (86 Downloads) |
Synopsis American Folklore by : Richard M. Dorson
Here, grounded firmly in American history, is a skilled folklorist's survey of the entire field of America's folklore—from colonization to mass culture. Tracing the forms and content of American folklore, Mr. Dorson reveals the richness, pathos, and humor of genuine folklore, which he distinguishes from the "fakelore" of popularizers and chauvinists. At the same time, however, he shows what the creation of spurious folklore (the Paul Bunyan legends, for instance) discloses about our national character. Based upon authentic field collections and research, the examples cited include folkways, jests, boasts, tall tales, ballads, folk and legendary heroes. "His volume enlarges our understanding of the American past and present through an empirical survey of the extant folk traditions and it also provides us with the means for appreciating what is valuable in these folk traditions."—Virginia Quarterly Review