Folklore in the United States and Canada : an institutional history / edited by Patricia Sawin and Rosemary Lévy Zumwalt.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Zumwalt, Rosemary Lévy, 1944-

Contributor:

Sawin, Patricia.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Folklore--Study and teaching (Graduate)--United States--History.

Folklore.

Folklore--Study and teaching (Graduate)--Canada--History.

Folklore and education--History.

Folklore and education.

Folklore--Study and teaching (Graduate).

History.

Canada.

United States.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

vii, 312 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press, 2020.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: pt. I Early Programs

1. The Quintessence of the Humanities: Folklore and Mythology at Harvard / Anthony Bak Buccitelli

2. Bringing Ethnographic Research to the Public Conversation: Folklore at the University of North Carolina / Patricia Sawin

3. Teaching and Research at Laval University (Quebec, Canada): From Folklore to Ethnology / Laurier Turgeon

4. The Folklife Connection: Ethnological Organization at Franklin and Marshall, Cooperstown, and Penn State Harrisburg / Simon J. Bronner

pt. II 1960S-70S Efflorescence

5. "The Great Team" of American Folklorists: Characters Large in Life and Grand in Plans / Rosemary Levy Zumwalt

6. The Jewel in the Crown: Hallmarks of Success in Indiana University's Folklore Program / Jeanne Harrah-Johnson

7. Folklore and Mythology Studies at UCLA / Michael Owen Jones

8. Of Politics, Disciplines, and Scholars: MacEdward Leach and the Founding of the Folklore Program at the University of Pennsylvania / Rosina S. Miller

9. Groundtruthing the Humanities: Penn Folklore and Folklife, 1973-2013 / Mary Hufford

10. Toward a Multigenealogical Folkloristics: The Berkeley Experiment / Charles L. Briggs

11. The Texas School / Richard Bauman

12. Memorial University's Folklore Program: Outsiders and Insiders / Lynne S. McNeill

13. A Century of Folklore Research and Teaching at Western Kentucky / Michael Ann Williams

14. Folklore at the University of Oregon: A History of Tradition, Innovation, and Pushing the Rock up the Hill / Sharon R. Sherman

15. From Ukrainian Studies to Folklore of the Prairies: The Kule Center for Ukrainian and Canadian Folklore, University of Alberta / Natalie Kononenko

16. Engagement with Community in Distinctive Folklore Concentrations: University of Louisiana at Lafayette / Barry Jean Ancelet

17. The Fife Legacy: Fifty Years of Folklore at Utah State University / Randy Williams

pt. III Newer Programs and Innovations

18. Folklife in the Nation's Capital: The George Washington University Experience / James I. Deutsch

19. The University of Wisconsin-Madison's Folklore Program and the Wisconsin Idea / B. Marcus Cederstrom

20. Folklore at Brigham Young's Universities: Four Generations of Inter(con)textual Studies of Region, Religion, and Beyond / Jill Terry Rudy

21. The Mason Idea / Debra Lattanzi Shutika

22. Folklore and Interdisciplinarity at the Ohio State University / Amy Shuman

23. Show Me Folklore: The Folklore, Oral Tradition, and Culture Studies Program at the University of Missouri / Claire Schmidt

24. This Is the Right Place for It: The Development of the Folklore Program at Cape Breton University / Jodi McDavid

25. Practical Cultural Work: The MA in Cultural Sustainability at Goucher College / Rory Turner

26. The Future out of the Past: The View from the Conference on the Future of American Folkloristics / Meredith A. E. McGrifF.

ISBN:

9780253052872

0253052874

9780253052896

0253052890

OCLC:

1138569141

Publisher Number:

99985365006