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Following tradition : folklore in the discourse of American culture /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bronner, Simon J.
Corporate Author: NetLibrary, Inc
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Logan, Utah : Utah State University Press, [1998]
Subjects:
Folklore > United States > History.
Oral tradition > United States > History.
United States > Social life and customs.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • The problem of tradition
  • Folklore and ideology during the Gilded Age
  • The English connection, from cultural survivals to cultural studies
  • Studies
  • The Americanization of the Brothers Grimm
  • Martha Warren Beckwith and the rise of academic authority
  • Alfred Shoemaker and the discovery of American folklife
  • Henry W. Shoemaker and the fable of public folklore
  • Richard Dorson and the great debates
  • Displaying American tradition in folk arts.