Folkloristics : an introduction / Robert A. Georges and Michael Owen Jones.

Author/creator Georges, Robert A.
Other author Jones, Michael Owen.
Format Book
Publication InfoBloomington : Indiana University Press, ©1995.
Descriptionix, 336 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Subjects
Folklore--Methodology.
Folklore--Philosophy.

Contents Folklore and its study -- Folklore as historical artifact -- Folkloristics as a historical science -- Survival, continuity, revival, and historical source -- Folklore as describable and transmissible entity -- Folklore as genre and type -- The dissemination of folklore -- Folklore as culture -- Folklore in cultural contexts -- Folklore in the culture of groups in contact -- Folklore as behavior -- Folklore and human psychology -- Folklore as personal resource.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Issued in other formOnline version: Georges, Robert A. Folkloristics. Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c1995
LCCN 95014400
ISBN0253329345 (cl : alk. paper)
ISBN9780253329349 (cl : alk. paper)
ISBN0253209943 (pa : alk. paper)
ISBN9780253209948 (pa : alk. paper)

Availability

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Joyner General Stacks GR40 .G46 1995 ✔ Available Place Hold