The practice of folklore : essays toward a theory of tradition /
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| Language: | English |
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Jackson :
University Press of Mississippi,
[2019]
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Table of Contents:
- Preface and acknowledgments
- Theories and definitions
- Practice theory in folklore and folklife studies
- The handiness of tradition
- Toward a definition of folklore in practice
- Practices and practitioners
- Rethinking the boogieman: a praxeological inquiry into the origin, form, and cognition of a troubling folk character
- Who's your daddy?: proverbial and psychological meanings in practice
- The shooter has Asperger's: autism, belief, and wild child narratives
- Who's that knocking on my door?: Barnacle Bill again and again
- Implications and applications
- From farm to. farmers' markets: Amish folk society in the age of fast capitalism
- The year of folklore and other lessons of public heritage
- Are folk museums still relevant?
- Folkloristic practices in a converging hyper era
- Notes
- References
- Index.