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Putting Folklore to Use by Michael Owen Jones (1994, Trade Paperback)
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller Notes
- “Clean pages with a tight binding.”
- Book Title
- Putting Folklore to Use
- ISBN
- 9780813108186
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
University Press of Kentucky
ISBN-10
0813108187
ISBN-13
9780813108186
eBay Product ID (ePID)
372244
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
280 Pages
Publication Name
Putting Folklore to Use
Language
English
Subject
Social Work, Methodology, Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology, Folklore & Mythology
Publication Year
1994
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Literary Criticism, Social Science
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.6 in
Item Weight
16.8 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
93-002101
Dewey Edition
20
Grade From
College Graduate Student
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
398.0973
Synopsis
Essays by thirteen folklorists explore applications in such areas as museums, aiding the homeless, environmental planning, art therapy, designing public spaces, organizing development, tourism, the public sector, aging, and creating an occupation's image.", The first book of its kind, Putting Folklore to Use provides guidance to folklorists but also informs practitioners in other fields about how to use folklore studies to augment their own studies. How can acting like a folklore fieldworker help a teacher reduce inter-group stereotyping and increase student's self-esteem? How can adopting a folklore fieldworker's point of view when interviewing patients help practitioners render health care more effectively? How can using folklore research help rural communities survive and thrive? Thirteen folklorists provide answers to these and other questions and demonstrate the many ways folklore can be put to use. Their essays, commissioned for this volume and edited by Michael Owen Jones, apply the methods and insights of modern folklore research to thirteen different professions and areas of practical concern. The authors, all of whom have themselves put folklore to use in the fields they describe, consider applications in detail and explain how folkloristic concepts and techniques can enhance the work of various professions. They explore applications in such areas as museums, aiding the homeless, environmental planning, art therapy, designing public spaces, organization development, tourism, the public sector, aging, and creating an occupation's image. In an extensive introduction to the volume, Jones provides an overview of applied folkloristics that defines the field, surveys its history in the United States, and scrutinizes its basic issues and premises. Part I of the book shows how to promote learning, problem solving, and cultural conservation through folklore and its study. Part II deals with folklorists helping to improve the quality of life. Part III reveals folklore's role in enhancing identity and community.
LC Classification Number
GR105.P88 1994
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