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Folklore in the Modern World / ed. by Richard M. Dorson.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: World Anthropology : An Interdisciplinary SeriesPublisher: Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter Mouton, [2011]Copyright date: ©1978Edition: Reprint 2011Description: 1 online resource (364 p.) : 1 Num. figContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9789027977403
  • 9783110803099
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 398.18 398/.18
LOC classification:
  • GR10.F64 1978 .F64 1978eb
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
I-XII -- 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 -- Myth and Superstition in Communist China's Drama and Theater -- SECTION 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 -- Oral Transmission of Knowledge -- The 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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I-XII -- 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 -- Myth and Superstition in Communist China's Drama and Theater -- SECTION 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 -- Oral Transmission of Knowledge -- The 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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In English.

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