Meaning of Folklore: The Analytical Essays of Alan Dundes

Alan Dundes

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Meaning of Folklore

The Analytical Essays of Alan Dundes

Alan Dundes
Edited by: Simon J. Bronner

Language: English

Published/Copyright: 2020

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Utah State University Press

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Compilation of Dundes's most important analytical work, including many widely unavailable essays. Edited by Simon Bronner.

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Simon J. Bronner Is Dean of the College of General Studies and Distinguished Professor of Social Sciences at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.

Reviews

“A folkloric feast.”
William F. Hansen, Indiana University

“A finely composed collection of scholarly and provocative essays of the preeminent folklorist, Dundes. His analyses will continue to contribute to the theoretical debates within folklore studies and will inspire new generations of folklorists and European ethnologists.”
Peter Jan Margry, Meertens Institute, The Netherlands

“A fascinating journey revealing the hidden meaning of folklore items and genres, brilliantly analyzed with an outstanding analytical ability, breadth of knowledge, and love of subject. This volume is a must for folklorists, anthropologists and scholars of cultural studies in general.”
Haya Bar-Itzhak, University of Haifa, Israel

“A perfectly structured and presented volume of the life’s work of a truly remarkable genius of folklore studies and beyond.”
Wolfgang Mieder, The University of Vermont

“Every folklorist must read it!”
Peddarapu.Chenna Reddy, P.S.Telugu University, India

“The editorial apparatus represents the work of a professional who knows the mind and impact of Dundes as well as anyone can.”
Ronald L. Baker, Indiana State University

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Cultural Studies Cultural Theory General Cultural Theory

Front Matter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Preface to the Paperback Edition Simon J. Bronner Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Preface and Acknowledgments Publicly Available Download PDF	xix
The Analytics of Alan Dundes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	1
References Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	36
Structure and Analysis
Folklore as a Mirror of Culture Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	53
The Study of Folklore in Literature and Culture: Identification and Interpretation Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	67
Metafolklore and Oral Literary Criticism Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	77
From Etic to Emic Units in the Structural Study of Folktales (Postscript) The Motif-Index and the Tale Type Index: A Critique Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	88
The Motif-Index and the Tale Type Index: A Critique Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	101
How Indic Parallels to the Ballad of the “Walled-Up Wife” Reveal the Pitfalls of Parochial Nationalistic Folkloristics Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	107
Structuralism and Folklore (Postscript) Binary Opposition in Myth: The Propp/Lévi-Strauss Debate in Retrospect Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	123
Binary Opposition in Myth: The Propp/Lévi-Strauss Debate in Retrospect Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	145
On Game Morphology: A Study of the Structure of Non-Verbal Folklore Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	154
The Devolutionary Premise in Folklore Theory Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	164
Worldview and Identity
Folk Ideas as Units of Worldview (Postscript) Worldview in Folk Narrative Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	179
Worldview in Folk Narrative Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	193
As the Crow Flies: A Straightforward Study of Lineal Worldview in American Folk Speech Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	196
Much Ado About “Sweet Bugger All”: Getting to the Bottom of a Puzzle in British Folk Speech Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	211
Grouping Lore: Scientists and Musicians (A) Science in Folklore? Folklore in Science? (B) Viola Jokes: A Study of Second String Humor Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	229
Science in Folklore? Folklore in Science? Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	232
Viola Jokes: A Study of Second String Humor Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	237
Medical Speech and Professional Identity (A) The Gomer: A Figure of American Hospital Folk Speech (B) “When You Hear Hoofbeats, Think Horses, Not Zebras”: A Folk Medical Diagnostic Proverb Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	249
The Gomer: A Figure of American Hospital Folk Speech Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	252
“When You Hear Hoofbeats, Think Horses, Not Zebras”: A Folk Medical Diagnostic Proverb Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	264
Symbol and Mind
Getting the Folk and the Lore Together Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	273
Gallus as Phallus: A Psychoanalytic Cross-Cultural Consideration of the Cockfight as Fowl Play Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	285
The Symbolic Equivalence of Allomotifs: Towards a Method of Analyzing Folktales Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	317
Earth-Diver: Creation of the Mythopoeic Male (Postscript) Madness in Method Plus a Plea for Projective Inversion in Myth Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	325
Madness in Method Plus a Plea for Projective Inversion in Myth Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	343
Theses on Feces: Scatological Analysis (A) The Folklore of Wishing Wells (B) Here I Sit: A Study of American Latrinalia (C) The Kushmaker Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	352
The Folklore of Wishing Wells Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	355
Here I Sit: A Study of American Latrinalia Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	360
The Kushmaker Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	375
The Ritual Murder or Blood Libel Legend: A Study of Anti-Semitic Victimization through Projective Inversion Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	382
On the Psychology of Collecting Folklore (Postscript) Chain Letter: A Folk Geometric Progression Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	410
Chain Letter: A Folk Geometric Progression Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	422
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	427

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October 31, 2007

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9780874216844

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443

https://doi.org/10.7330/9780874216844

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