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Acknowledgments | p. ix |
Preface | p. xii |
Folklore | p. 1 |
What is Folklore? | p. 1 |
A Working Definition | p. 1 |
Scholarly Definitions of Folklore | p. 8 |
Genres of Folklore | p. 12 |
Defining Folklore Beyond Genre Labels: Texts and Contexts | p. 18 |
A Brief History of Folklore Study | p. 21 |
Conclusion | p. 29 |
Groups | p. 30 |
What is a Folk Group? | p. 31 |
Definitions | p. 34 |
How Folk Groups Form | p. 38 |
Self-Identification and Group Membership | p. 42 |
Family, School, and Occupational Groups | p. 46 |
Family | p. 46 |
School Groups | p. 49 |
Occupational Groups | p. 52 |
Example: Folklore in Bounded Spaces | p. 55 |
Groups and Belief | p. 61 |
Example: Belief and Contemporary Legends | p. 66 |
Conclusion | p. 68 |
Tradition | p. 69 |
What is Tradition? | p. 69 |
Tradition is Both Lore and Process | p. 70 |
Tradition Helps to Create and Confirm a Sense of Identity | p. 71 |
Tradition is Identified as Tradition by the Community | p. 72 |
How do People Learn and Share Traditions? | p. 73 |
Do Traditions Disappear? | p. 79 |
Dynamic and Conservative Elements of Tradition | p. 81 |
Inventing Tradition | p. 87 |
The Question of Authenticity | p. 89 |
Example: Traditions in Folk Art | p. 98 |
Conclusion | p. 97 |
Ritual | p. 98 |
What is Ritual? | p. 99 |
Low-Context and High-Context Rituals102 | |
Invented Ritual | p. 104 |
The Question of Belief in Sacred and Secular Rituals | p. 106 |
Liminality and Ritual Space | p. 109 |
Types of Rituals | p. 113 |
Rites of Passage | p. 114 |
Coming-of-Age Rituals | p. 117 |
Initiation Rituals | p. 122 |
Naming Rituals | p. 124 |
Example: Rituals and Private and Public Identity | p. 124 |
Conclusion | p. 128 |
Performance | p. 130 |
What is Performance? | p. 131 |
Example: A Proverbial Performance | p. 132 |
The Study of Performance | p. 136 |
Performance Texts | p. 137 |
Texture | p. 138 |
Context | p. 139 |
Physical Context | p. 141 |
Social Context | p. 142 |
Recognizing Texts in Context: Performance Markers and Framing | p. 144 |
Reflexivity | p. 146 |
Emergence | p. 148 |
Folklore That Pushes the Boundaries | p. 153 |
Aesthetics | p. 158 |
Critic versus Group Consensus | p. 163 |
Traditionality | p. 164 |
Skill | p. 164 |
Practicality | p. 168 |
The Nature of Aesthetic Response | p. 169 |
Personal Narrative in Performance | p. 173 |
Example: A Personal Narrative Emerges | p. 175 |
Conclusion | p. 179 |
Approaches to Interpreting Folklore | p. 180 |
Functions: Purposes, Roles, and Meanings | p. 181 |
Example: Multiple Meanings in Context | p. 183 |
Structure: Patterns, Themes, and Formal Relationships | p. 184 |
Psychoanalytic Interpretations: Symbols and Metaphors | p. 192 |
Social Dimensions: Texts and Performances in Complex Contexts | p. 198 |
Conclusion | p. 205 |
Fieldwork and Ethnography | p. 206 |
Collecting Data: The Nuts and Bolts of Fieldwork | p. 207 |
Finding Ideas | p. 207 |
Getting Started on Fieldwork | p. 209 |
Developing and Asking Good Questions | p. 212 |
Field Notes | p. 215 |
Transcribing and Transcripts | p. 220 |
Returning from the Field: Follow-up Research | p. 222 |
The People Factor: Interpersonal and Ethical Concerns | p. 222 |
Insider and Outsider Roles | p. 223 |
Observation and Participant-Observer Roles | p. 224 |
Rapport: Creating and Understanding Researcher-Consultant Relationships | p. 225 |
Ethics | p. 227 |
Reciprocal Ethnography | p. 228 |
Example: Giving up the Last Word | p. 230 |
Conclusion | p. 231 |
Examples of Folklore Projects | p. 232 |
One of the Guys | p. 233 |
Gay Rituals: Outing, Biking, and Sewing | p. 245 |
Roadside Memorials: Material Focus of Love, Devotion, and Remembrance | p. 255 |
"Down on Main Street": The 152nd Beilville Street Fair and Homecoming | p. 270 |
Food for Thought: Power and Food in Hurston's Their Eyes Were Watching God | p. 276 |
The Hookah Folk: Understanding Hookah Smokers as a Folk Group | p. 285 |
Suggestions for Activities and Projects | p. 300 |
Group and Classroom Activities | p. 301 |
Personal Reflection | p. 302 |
Library Research | p. 303 |
Fieldwork Projects | p. 304 |
Integrated Projects-Bringing It All Together | p. 305 |
Traditional Behavior | p. 305 |
Changes in Groups and Traditions | p. 305 |
Verbal Expressions | p. 306 |
Legend Trips | p. 306 |
Foodways | p. 307 |
Notes | p. 309 |
References | p. 314 |
Index | p. 322 |
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