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American Folklore Scholarship by Rosemary Levy Zumwalt Paperback
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- Condition
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- Seller Notes
- “Name handwritten on title page. Several pages have markings in the margins.”
- Book Title
- American Folklore Scholarship : a Dialogue of Dis
- ISBN
- 9780253204721
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Indiana University Press
ISBN-10
0253204720
ISBN-13
9780253204721
eBay Product ID (ePID)
89501
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
208 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
American Folklore Scholarship : a Dialogue of Dissent
Publication Year
1988
Subject
Folklore & Mythology
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Social Science
Series
Folkloristics Ser.
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.5 in
Item Weight
12 Oz
Item Length
9.4 in
Item Width
7.4 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
87-045408
Reviews
"American Folklore Scholarshipis 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
Dewey Edition
19
Grade From
College Graduate Student
Dewey Decimal
398/.0973
Table Of Content
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
Synopsis
"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 In this classic text, Zumwalt examines the split between literary folklorists and anthropological folklorists. The former looked at literary forms for folklore; the latter looked at the life and unwritten culture of the people. This struggle shaped the study of folklore in the U.S., "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 In this classic text, Zumwalt examines the split between literary folklorists and anthropological folklorists. The former looked at literary forms for folklore; the latter looked at the life and unwritten culture of the people. This struggle shaped the study of folklore in the U.S.
LC Classification Number
GR48.Z86 1988
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