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Folklore, cultural performances, and popular entertainments : a communications-centered handbook / edited by Richard Bauman.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Folklore--Encyclopedias.
- Folklore.
- Folklore--Performance--Encyclopedias.
- Communication in folklore--Encyclopedias.
- Communication in folklore.
- Folk drama--Encyclopedias.
- Folk drama.
- Popular culture--Encyclopedias.
- Popular culture.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (336 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Oxford University Press, 2023.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This collection of thirty-seven entries selected from the more than 550 that make up the International Encyclopedia of Communications focuses on expressive forms and practices that are popular and participatory in nature: folklore forms such as folktale and riddle; cultural performances such as ritual and festival; and popular entertainments such as puppetry and mime. Cross-references within each individual entry facilitate exploration within the volume, while bibliographies appended to each entry direct the reader to related literature. Covering basic concepts, analytical perspectives, commun
- Contents:
- Cover; Contents; Contributors; Introduction; I: BASIC CONCEPTS AND ANALYTICAL PERSPECTIVES; II: COMMUNICATIVE MEDIA AND EXPRESSIVE GENRES; III: CULTURAL PERFORMANCES AND POPULAR ENTERTAINMENTS; Index
- Notes:
- Previously issued in print: 1992.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-772413-2
- 0-19-987927-3
- 1-283-12140-9
- 9786613121400
- 0-19-987436-0
- OCLC:
- 729246799
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