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Meaning of Folklore
The Analytical Essays of Alan Dundes
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Alan Dundes
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Edited by:
Simon J. Bronner
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This book is freely available in digital formats through the Utah State University Library Digital Commons.
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English
Published/Copyright:
2020
About this book
Compilation of Dundes's most important analytical work, including many widely unavailable essays. Edited by Simon Bronner.
Author / Editor information
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
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
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
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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Front Matter
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Contents
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Preface to the Paperback Edition
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Preface and Acknowledgments
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Introduction The Analytics of Alan Dundes
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36 - Part I Structure and Analysis
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1 Folklore as a Mirror of Culture
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2 The Study of Folklore in Literature and Culture: Identification and Interpretation
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3 Metafolklore and Oral Literary Criticism
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4 From Etic to Emic Units in the Structural Study of Folktales
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Postscript The Motif-Index and the Tale Type Index: A Critique
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5 How Indic Parallels to the Ballad of the “Walled-Up Wife” Reveal the Pitfalls of Parochial Nationalistic Folkloristics
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6 Structuralism and Folklore
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Postscript Binary Opposition in Myth: The Propp/Lévi-Strauss Debate in Retrospect
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7 On Game Morphology: A Study of the Structure of Non-Verbal Folklore
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8 The Devolutionary Premise in Folklore Theory
164 - Part II Worldview and Identity
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9 Folk Ideas as Units of Worldview
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Postscript Worldview in Folk Narrative
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10 As the Crow Flies: A Straightforward Study of Lineal Worldview in American Folk Speech
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11 Much Ado About “Sweet Bugger All”: Getting to the Bottom of a Puzzle in British Folk Speech
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12 Grouping Lore: Scientists and Musicians
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A Science in Folklore? Folklore in Science?
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B Viola Jokes: A Study of Second String Humor
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13 Medical Speech and Professional Identity
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A The Gomer: A Figure of American Hospital Folk Speech
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B “When You Hear Hoofbeats, Think Horses, Not Zebras”: A Folk Medical Diagnostic Proverb
264 - Part III Symbol and Mind
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14 Getting the Folk and the Lore Together
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15 Gallus as Phallus: A Psychoanalytic Cross-Cultural Consideration of the Cockfight as Fowl Play
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16 The Symbolic Equivalence of Allomotifs: Towards a Method of Analyzing Folktales
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17 Earth-Diver: Creation of the Mythopoeic Male
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Postscript Madness in Method Plus a Plea for Projective Inversion in Myth
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18 Theses on Feces: Scatological Analysis
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A The Folklore of Wishing Wells
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B Here I Sit: A Study of American Latrinalia
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C The Kushmaker
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19 The Ritual Murder or Blood Libel Legend: A Study of Anti-Semitic Victimization through Projective Inversion
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20 On the Psychology of Collecting Folklore
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Postscript Chain Letter: A Folk Geometric Progression
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Index
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