The politics of discourse: an applied folklore perspective

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Folklorists have worked to change the idea that oral discourse is inferior to literate discourse, an idea that has disempowered the lower classes and empowered the educated higher classes. Since oral history can be a vehicle for learning, the message should matter more than the mode of communication. Folklore studies have suffered from the division between the academic and applied fields.

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What is folklore good for? On dealing with undesirable cultural expression

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Folklore is a powerful cultural expression containing different meanings for those who actively practice it. Folklore does not belong to a particular group and carries a variety of different genres that cannot be owned or possessed in the same way as material goods. Persian and Turkish folklore share many factors such as the Islamic religion and a strong national consciousness.

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Genres of Comoran folklore

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An understanding of a culture's classification of their oral traditions can enhance folklore research. Cormoran folklore is made up of two traditional genres, the hadisi and hale. Hadisi usually involves myths and stories based on Muslim tradition. The hale is generally a fictitious story involving outrageous circumstances or imaginary worlds.

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