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Folklore concepts : histories and critiques / Dan Ben-Amos ; edited by Henry Glassie and Elliott Oring.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ben-Amos, Dan, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Folklore.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (261 pages)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press, [2020]
- Summary:
- By defining folklore as artistic communication in small groups, Dan Ben-Amos led the discipline of Folklore in new directions. In Folklore Concepts, Henry Glassie and Elliott Oring have curated a selection of Ben-Amos's groundbreaking essays that explore folklore as a category in cultural communication and as a subject of scholarly research. Ben-Amos's work is well-known for sparking lively debate that often centers on why his definition intrinsically acknowledges tradition rather than expresses its connection forthright. Without tradition among people, there would be no art or communication, and tradition cannot accomplish anything on its own--only people can. Ben-Amos's focus on creative communication in communities is woven into the themes of the theoretical essays in this volume, through which he advocates for a better future for folklore scholarship. Folklore Concepts traces Ben-Amos's consistent efforts over the span of his career to review and critique the definitions, concepts, and practices of Folklore in order to build the field's intellectual history. In examining this history, Folklore Concepts answers foundational questions about what folklorists are doing, how they are doing it, and why.
- Contents:
- The idea of folklore : an essay
- The encounter with native Americans and the emergence of folklore
- Toward a definition of folklore in context
- Analytical categories and ethnic genres
- The seven strands of tradition : varieties in its meaning in American folklore studies
- A history of folklore studies
- Why do we need it?
- The concept of motif in folklore
- Context in context
- Two Benin storytellers
- Induced natural context in context
- The name is the thing
- A definition of folklore : a personal narrative.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780253049568
- 0253049563
- 9780253049575
- 0253049571
- OCLC:
- 1280133501
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