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9780815307518

American Folklore

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  • ISBN13:

    9780815307518

  • ISBN10:

    0815307519

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 1996-03-01
  • Publisher: Garland Science

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Summary

Ranging over foodways and folksongs, quiltmaking and computer lore, Pecos Bill, Butch Cassidy, and Elvis sightings, more than 500 articles spotlight folk literature, music, and crafts; sports and holidays; tall tales and legendary figures, genres and forms; scholarly approaches and theories; regions and ethnic groups; performers and collectors; writers and scholars; religious beliefs and practices. Some 150 illustrations illuminate the material. The coverage is fully illustrated, cross-referenced, and indexed.

Table of Contents

Selected Entries:
Contemporary lore*Bigfoot
Gulf War
Nuclear lore
Rap
Gay and lesbian lore
Talking trash
Truckers' folklore
UFO lore
Semiotic approach Traditional areas
Johnny Appleseed
Monsters
Friday the 13th
Jersey Devil
Tooth fairy
Vampires
World War I and II
Witchcraft Ethnic*Baltic people in U.S
Basque Americans
Corridos
Coyote
Dutch Americans
Gypsies
Korean Americans
Kwanzaa
Polish Americans Performers*Burl Ives
Blind Lemon Jefferson
Hudie Leadbelly Ledbetter
Memphis Minnie
Ma Rainey
Pete Seeger
Muddy Waters Scholars*Franz Boas
Joseph Campbell
Mary O. Eddy
Aurelio Macedonia Espinosa
Zora Neale Hurston
George Lyman Kittredge
Albert Bates Lord
Milman Parry
Charles M. Kinner
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