| Description |
x, 391 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 367-377. |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: Folklore, academe, and the marketplace--The theoretical side of folklore: Folklore in the modern world. Mythology and folklore, a review essay. Is folklore a discipline?--The oral process: Oral literature, oral history, and the folklorist. Sources for the traditional history of the Scottish Highlands and Western Islands.--In the Field: Collecting in County Kerry. Tales of two lobstermen. Dialect stories of the Upper Peninsula.--Folk heroes of the Media: Comic Indian anecdotes. The career of John Henry. Paul Bunyan in the news. |
| Genre/Form |
Folklore.
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| ISBN |
0674307151 |
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