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Following tradition : folklore in the discourse of American culture /

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Following Tradition is an expansive examination of the history of tradition--"one of the most common as well as most contested terms in English language usage"--In Americans' thinking and discourse about culture. Tradition in use becomes problematic because of "its multiple meani...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bronner, Simon J.
Corporate Author: JSTOR (Organization)
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.
Folklore > United States.
Oral tradition > United States.
Social Science.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Folklore & Mythology.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
Folklore.
Manners and customs.
Oral tradition.
United States.
Volkskunde.
Kultur.
Folkloristik.
Geschichte.
Tradition orale > États-Unis > Histoire.
Folklore > États-Unis > Histoire.
Tradition.
USA.
History.
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.