Folklore in the modern world / editor, Richard M. Dorson.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Contributor:

Dorson, Richard M. (Richard Mercer), 1916-1981.

Conference Name:

International Congress of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences (9th : 1973 : Chicago, Ill.)

Series:

World Anthropology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Folklore--Congresses.

Folklore.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (375 pages) : 1 Num. figure

Edition:

Reprint 2011

Place of Publication:

The Hague : Mouton ; Chicago : distributed in the USA and Canada by Aldine, 1978.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

No detailed description available for "Folklore in the Modern World".

Contents:

Front matter

PART ONE

Introduction / DORSON, RICHARD M.

Folklore in the Modern World / DORSON, RICHARD M.

SECTION ONE. Folklore and the City

Migration and Urbanization of a Traditional Culture: An Italian Experience / BIANCO, CARLA

An Oil Boom, Women, and Changing Traditions: A Study of Libyan Women in Benghazi / FIKRY, MONA

The Impact of Urbanization on Shukriyya Life and Folk Poetry / HURREIZ, SAYYID

Modern and Traditional Aspects of Somali Drama / ANDRZEJEWSKI, B. W.

Aspects of the Folklore of the Jamaican Ethnic Minority in Britain: A Preliminary Consideration / NEWALL, VENETIA

Culture Shock and Narrative Creativity / KIRSHENBLATT-GIMBLETT, BARBARA

SECTION TWO. Folklore and Ideology

Myth and Superstition in Communist China's Drama and Theater / MESERVE, WALTER J. / MESERVE, RUTH I.

SECTION THREE. Folklore and the Mass Media

The Wandering Infant-Noble Theme in Japanese Legends and Mass Media / ARAKI, HIROYUKO

Influences of Mass Media on Folklore in Egypt / SALEH, AHMED RUSHDI

Traditional Culture, Folklore, and Mass Culture in Contemporary Yugoslavia / RIHTMAN-AUGUŠTIN, DUNJA

SECTION FOUR. Folklore and Industrialism

Tourist Archeofolklore in Greece / LOUKATOS, DEMETRIOS

Syllogisms of Association: Some Modern Extensions of Asturian Deepsong / FERNANDEZ, JAMES W.

Folklore and Culture Change: Lau Riddles of Modernization / MARANDA, ELLI KÖNGÄS

PART TWO

Introduction: Part Two / DORSON, RICHARD M.

Folklore and Cultural Pluralism / ABRAHAMS, ROGER D. / KALČIK, SUSAN

Oral Transmission of Knowledge / PENTIKÄINEN, JUHA

The Crack on the Red Goblet or Truth and Modern Legend / DÉGH, LINDA / VÁZSONYI, ANDREW

The Science in Folklore: The Case of Motif D1275 - "Magic Song" / KLYMASZ, ROBERT B.

Verbal Art in Modern Rural Galicia / TOLOSANA, CARMELO LISON

Conceptions of Fate in Stories Told by Greeks / GEORGES, ROBERT A.

The Pragmatism of Herat Folk Theater / BAGHBAN, HAFIZULLAH

The Modern Local Historian in Africa / BEN-AMOS, DAN

Biographical Notes

Index of Names

Index of Subjects

Notes:

Papers prepared for the 9th International Congress of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences, Chicago, 1973.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9783110803099

3110803097

OCLC:

794664468