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1 online resource (376 pages). |
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World Anthropology
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World anthropology.
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General Editor's Preface; Acknowledgments; PART ONE; Introduction; Folklore in the Modern World; SECTION ONE: FOLKLORE AND THE CITY; Migration and Urbanization of a Traditional Culture: An Italian Experience; An Oil Boom, Women, and Changing Traditions: A Study of Libyan Women in Benghazi; The Impact of Urbanization on Shukriyya Life and Folk Poetry; Modern and Traditional Aspects of Somali Drama; Aspects of the Folklore of the Jamaican Ethnic Minority in Britain: A Preliminary Consideration; Culture Shock and Narrative Creativity; SECTION TWO: FOLKLORE AND IDEOLOGY. |
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Myth and Superstition in Communist China's Drama and TheatreSECTION THREE: FOLKLORE AND THE MASS MEDIA; The Wandering Infant-Noble Theme in Japanese Legends and Mass Media; Influences of Mass Media on Folklore in Egypt; Traditional Culture, Folklore, and Mass Culture in Contemporary Yugoslavia; SECTION FOUR: FOLKLORE AND INDUSTRIALISM; Tourist Archeofolklore in Greece; Syllogisms of Association: Some Modern Extensions of Asturian Deepsong; Folklore and Culture Change: Lau Riddles of Modernization; PART TWO; Introduction: Part Two; Folklore and Cultural Pluralism. |
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Oral Transmission of KnowledgeThe Crack on the Red Goblet or Truth and Modern Legend; The Science in Folklore: The Case of Motif D1275 -- "Magic Song"; Verbal Art in Modern Rural Galicia; Conceptions of Fate in Stories Told by Greeks; The Pragmatism of Herat Folk Theater; The Modern Local Historian in Africa; Biographical Notes; Index of Names; Index of Subjects. |
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eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Folklore -- Congresses.
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Folklore. |
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Electronic books.
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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Print version: Dorson, Richard M. Folklore in the Modern World. Berlin : De Gruyter Mouton, ©1978 9789027977403 |
| ISBN |
9783110803099 (electronic book) |
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3110803097 (electronic book) |
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