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Folk groups and folklore genres an introduction / Elliott Oring [editor].
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Folklore--United States.
- Folklore.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (274 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Manufacture:
- Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2012
- Place of Publication:
- Logan, Utah : Utah State University Press, 1986.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Oring's introductory folklore text consists of a series of essays by leading scholars that give the student a solid sense of major folklore topics and interpretive techniques. Since 1986, when it was first published, this book has met the need for good instructional material at a time of tremendous growth in folklore programs and introductory courses in colleges and universities around the world.
- Contents:
- Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter 1. On the Concepts of Folklore; Chapter 2. Ethnic Groups and Ethnic Folklore; Chapter 3. Religious Folklore; Chapter 4. Occupational Folklore; Chapter 5. Children's Folklore; Chapter 6. Folk Narratives; Chapter 7. Ballads and Folksongs; Chapter 8. Riddles and Proverbs; Chapter 9. Folk Objects; Chapter 10. Documenting Folklore
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographies.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9786612822209
- 9781457174599
- 1457174596
- 9781282822207
- 1282822209
- 9780874213249
- 087421324X
- 9780585028422
- 0585028427
- OCLC:
- 42329373
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