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American Folklore
An Encyclopedia
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This comprehensive reference is ideal for students, scholars, and enthusiasts of American culture and folklore, providing valuable insights and scholarly approaches to a diverse range of subjects within the field.
First published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
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American Folklore contains over 500 articles 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.
The alphabetically arranged entries vary from concise definitions to detailed surveys, each accompanied by a brief, up-to-date bibliography.
Special features:
- More than 2000 contributors
- Over 500 articles spotlight folk literature, music, crafts, and more
- Alphabetically arranged
- Entries accompanied by up-to-date bibliographies
- Edited by America's best-known folklore authority
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9780815333500
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Inc
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 01 September 1998
Country: United States
Imprint: Routledge
Contributors:
- Edited by Jan Harold Brunvand
Audience: General / adult, Professional and scholarly
DIMENSIONS
Width: 219.0mm
Height: 276.0mm
Weight: 1940g
Pages: 812
About the Author
Jan Harold Brunvand, author of the standard text-book he Study of American Folklore, Third Edition (1986), is best known for his collections of urban legends, among them The Vanishing Hitchhiker (1981), he Choking Doberman(1984), and Curses' Broiled Again!(1989). He has been asyndicated columnist and has appeared on nationaltelevision.
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