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Explaining traditions : folk behavior in modern culture / Simon J. Bronner.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bronner, Simon J.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Folklore--United States.
- Folklore.
- Communication in folklore.
- United States.
- Oral tradition--United States.
- Oral tradition.
- Communication in folklore--United States.
- United States--Social life and customs.
- Manners and customs.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 530 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Lexington : University Press of Kentucky, [2011]
- Contents:
- 1 Defining Tradition: On the Meaning and Politics of a "Handy" Concept 13
- 2 Explaining Tradition: On Folk and Folkloristic Logic 63
- 3 Building Tradition: On Control and Authority in Vernacular Architecture 93
- 4 Making Tradition: On Craft in American Consciousness 138
- 5 Adapting Tradition: On Folklore in Human Development 196
- 6 Fading Tradition: On a Dying Language and Lore 248
- 7 Personalizing Tradition: On Storytelling by an African American Father and Son 282
- 8 Symbolizing Tradition: On the Scatology of an Ethnic Identity 319
- 9 Sporting Tradition: On the Praxis of American Football 350
- 10 Virtual Tradition: On the Internet as a Folk System 398.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780813134062
- 0813134064
- 9780813134079
- 0813134072
- OCLC:
- 720634924
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