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Handbook of American folklore / edited by Richard M. Dorson ; Inta Gale Carpenter, associate editor ; Elizabeth Peterson, Angela Maniak, assistant editors ; with an introduction by W. Edson Richmond.
LIBRA GR105 .H36 1983
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Folklore--United States.
- Folklore.
- United States.
- United States--Social life and customs.
- Manners and customs.
- Physical Description:
- xix, 584 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Bloomington : Indiana University Press, [1983]
- Summary:
- The publication of Handbook of American Folklore is a landmark in folklore studies in the United States, a labor of love of the late Richard M. Dorson, who carefully organized it and wrote introductory essays for each section. A virtual cornucopia of riches, it features the work of sixty scholars and practitioners, representing a multitude of approaches to the discipline. About half the contributions deal with local American materials, exploring such topics as family folklore, American cultural myths, Mormon lore, folk healers, and folk performers.
- Contents:
- Part I. Topics of Research
- American Experiences 1
- Colonizing a New Society / William D. Piersen 4
- Finding the Way Home: The Interpretation of American Indian Folklore / Elaine Jahner 11
- The Unfulfilled Promise of North American Indian Folklore / George Lankford 18
- Afro-American Folk Music / Ronald R. Smith 24
- The Westward Movement / Thomas D. Clark 32
- Studying Immigrant and Ethnic Folklore / Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett 39
- The Legacy of Early Afro-American Folklore Scholarship / Adrienne Lanier Seward 48
- American Cultural Myths 57
- The Noble and Ignoble Savage / Wilcomb E. Washburn 60
- Rags to Riches / Robert H. Walker 67
- Fables of Innocence / David W. Marcell 73
- The Myth of the American Adam / Giles Gunn 79
- American Settings 86
- In the Family Tradition / Amy J. Kotkin, Steven J. Zeitlin 90
- A Family's Repertoire / Leonard Roberts 100
- The Folklore of Students / Ronald L. Baker 106
- Office Folklore / Alan Dundes 115
- Factory Folklore / Bruce E. Nickerson 121
- Occupational Folklore: The Outdoor Industries / Roger Mitchell 128
- The Folk Church: Institution, Event, Performance / William M. Clements 136
- The Black Folk Church / William H. Wiggins, Jr. 145
- Mormon Folklore / William A. Wilson 155
- Urban Folklore / Gerald Warshaver 162
- Suburban Folklore / Richard A. Reuss 172
- "Hanging Out": Recreational Folklore in Everyday Life / James P. Leary 178
- Regional Folkloristics / William E. Lightfoot 183
- The Southwest: A regional Case Study / Marta Weigle 194
- Regional Folk Speech and Sayings / Jan Harold Brunvand 201
- The Study of Regional Songs and Ballads / Edward D. Ives 208
- Folklore, Social Conflict, and the United States-Mexico Border / Jose E. Limon 216
- Folklore of the Canadian-American Border / Robert B. Klymasz 227
- Americanization of Folklore in U.S. Possessions and Territories / Roger Mitchell 233
- American Entertainments 237
- Festival in America / Beverly J. Stoeltje 239
- Folklore on the American Stage / Robert C. Toll 247
- American Sports and Folklore / Elizabeth Peterson 257
- American Forms and Performers 265
- Personal Experience Stories / Sandra K. D. Stahl 268
- Conversational Genres / Sally Yerkovich 277
- Folk Singers and Musicians / David Evans 282
- Folktale Performers / Richard M. Dorson 287
- Folk Craftsmen / John Michael Vlach 301
- Folk Healers / David J. Hufford 306
- Children's Folklore / John H. McDowell 314
- Part II. Interpretation of Research 323
- A Historical Theory for American Folklore / Richard M. Dorson 326
- How to Interpret American Folklore Historically / Lawrence W. Levine 338
- Interpreting Folklore Ethnographically and Sociologically / Roger D. Abrahams 345
- Interpreting Folklore Ideologically / Archie Green 351
- Part III. Methods of Research 359
- The Field Study of Folklore in Context / Richard Bauman 362
- Collecting Musical Folklore and Folksong / D. K. Wilgus 369
- Folkloristic Study of the American Artifact: Objects and Objectives / Henry Glassie 376
- Sound Recording and Still Photography in the Field / Carl Fleischhauer 384
- Using a Folklore Archive / Janet Langlois and, Philip LaRonge 391
- Using Video in the Field / Richard Blaustein 397
- Folklore Research and Museums / Willard B. Moore 402
- Studying American Folklore in Printed Sources / Francis A. de Caro 411
- Studying Folklore and American Literature / Sandra K. D. Stahl 422
- Sound Recordings, Use and Challenge / Archie Green 434
- Studying American Folkloric Films / Sharon R. Sherman 441
- Bibliographies and Indexes in American Folklore Research / Angela J. Maniak 447
- Folklorists at Work: A Portfolio from the American Folklife Center / Carl Fleischhauer 452
- Part IV. Presentation of Research 459
- Teaching Folklore to Graduate Students: The Introductory Proseminar / Richard M. Dorson 463
- Teaching Folklore in American Colleges and Universities / Ronald L. Baker 470
- The Publication of Research / Richard M. Dorson 478
- Indexing a Folklore Collection: Balance, Flexibility, and the Empathizing Indexer / Michael Edward Bell 486
- Developing a Folklore Archive / Joseph C. Hickerson 493
- Organizing a Folklore Museum / Ormond H. Loomis 499
- Filming the Folk / George Carey 507
- Video in the Classroom and Community Outreach Projects / Richard Blaustein 513
- Developing a State Folklife Program / Charles Camp 518
- Folk Is a Four-Letter Word: Dealing with Traditional * * * * in Fieldwork, Analysis, and Presentation / Rayna Green 525
- Ethics and the Folklorist / Wm. Hugh Jansen 533.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 541-563) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0253327067
- OCLC:
- 8473916
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