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Title: Dynamics of Folklore by Barre Toelken ISBN: 0-395-27068-5 Publisher: Houghton Mifflin College Pub. Date: May, 1979 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $52.76 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (2 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Curious about folklore? Then read this book!
Comment: Unfortunately, I think the somewhat quaint words "folk" and "lore" in "folklore" throw people off and make them dimiss folklore studies as a trivial or insignificant field of scholarship. "Folklore" just doesn't have the imposing sound of similar fields like anthropology and sociology. Admittedly, before reading Toelken's book, if I thought of the word "folk lore" I probably would have pictured my grandfather sitting in a rocking chair telling stories from his childhood. Of course, that is also a part of folklore, but I realize now how much more there is to it. Before reading this book, I didn't have a good understanding of what folklore was. Even now, folklore's not so easy to define. I think the best description of folklore is this: it is what makes our cultures unique, and what makes belonging to whatever social groups we belong to, significant.
Jokes, food, songs, religion ... Toelken covers these topics and more in his book, which reads kind of like an introduction to folklore studies. Until I read this book, I probably would've laughed at the suggestion that I myself belong to several folk groups. Now that I better understand the complex social groups that we all belong to, it's left me more curious to discover what makes different folk groups unique. This is not the type of book that you read and think "ok, that was nice" and then never think about it again. This book will open your eyes and make you question the things that you take for granted in everyday life.
A must-read!
Rating: 5
Summary: A true treasure-trove for anyone interested in folklore!
Comment: Barre was given a special gift for understanding cultures and in this volume brings together many personal experiences in the real world of real people of varying cultures. He helps us see beyond our own cultural blinders and takes us into the real world of folklore. The many photos add to the first person experiences of which he writes. This is a lesson in life for our multicultural world.
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Title: The Vanishing Hitchhiker: American Urban Legends and Their Meanings by Jan Harold Brunvand ISBN: 0393951693 Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company Pub. Date: February, 1989 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: Interpreting Folklore by Alan Dundes ISBN: 025320240X Publisher: Indiana University Press Pub. Date: July, 1980 List Price(USD): $26.95 |
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Title: Clambake: A History and Celebration of an American Tradition (Publications of the American Folklore Society) by Kathy Neustadt ISBN: 0870237993 Publisher: Univ. of Massachusetts Press Pub. Date: August, 1992 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Neo-Pagan Sacred Art and Altars: Making Things Whole (Folk Art and Artists Series) by Sabina Magliocco ISBN: 1578063914 Publisher: Univ Pr of Mississippi (Trd) Pub. Date: February, 2002 List Price(USD): $18.00 |
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Title: Whispers on the Color Line: Rumor and Race in America by Gary Alan Fine, Patricia A. Turner ISBN: 0520209885 Publisher: University of California Press Pub. Date: 01 October, 2001 List Price(USD): $35.00 |
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