Folklore recycled : old traditions in new contexts / Frank de Caro.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

De Caro, F. A., 1943- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Folklore--United States--History and criticism.

Folklore.

Folk literature, American--History and criticism.

Folk literature, American.

Literature and folklore--United States--History and criticism.

Literature and folklore.

Folk art--United States--History.

Folk art.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (242 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This title starts from the proposition that folklore - usually thought of in its historical social context as 'oral tradition' - is easily appropriated, recycled, into other contexts. The book discusses the larger issue of folklore being recycled into non-folk contexts, and proceeds to look at a number of instances of repurposing.

Contents:

COVER; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION: Folklore's Messiness; CHAPTER 1 "Authentic Local Culture": The Open Textuality of a Folk Tradition; CHAPTER 2 "In This Folk-Lore Land": Establishing Race, Class, and Identity through Folklore Studies (coauthor, Rosan Augusta Jordan); CHAPTER 3 "Unrivalled Charms": Folklore, Nonfiction, and Lafcadio Hearn; CHAPTER 4 Photographing Folklife: Document, Symbol, Propaganda; CHAPTER 5 The Age of Fire and Gravel": "Occult" and "Alternative History" Uses of Folklore

CHAPTER 6 Americans and the Folk Arts in Mexico: Tourism, Fine Art, Architecture, Interior Decoration, International RelationsCONNECTIONS: A Brief Conclusion; NOTES; SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX; A ; B ; C ; D ; E ; F ; G; H ; I ; J; K ; L ; M ; N ; O ; P ; Q ; R ; S ; T ; U ; V ; W ; Y ; Z

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on February 17, 2014).

ISBN:

1-62103-936-6

1-61703-765-6

OCLC:

829099286