Folklore from the grassroots
Article Abstract:
The public perception of folklore as a discipline is discussed, from a grassroots or bottom-up perspective. Results of a questionnaire given to college students on the first day of a class in World Folklore are presented.
Publisher: American Folklore Society
Publication Name: Journal of American Folklore
Subject: Anthropology/archeology/folklore
ISSN: 0021-8715
Year: 2000
Social aspects, Statistical Data Included, Folklore
Publication Name: Journal of American Folklore
Subject: Anthropology/archeology/folklore
ISSN: 0021-8715
Year: 2000
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On scapegoating public folklore
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Misconceptions involved in the scapegoating of public or applied folklore by Dan Ben-Amos are discussed. The relationship between academic and public folklore is examined.
Publisher: American Folklore Society
Publication Name: Journal of American Folklore
Subject: Anthropology/archeology/folklore
ISSN: 0021-8715
Year: 2000
Analysis, Public folklore
Publication Name: Journal of American Folklore
Subject: Anthropology/archeology/folklore
ISSN: 0021-8715
Year: 2000
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