Folklore in the United States and Canada
Title | Folklore in the United States and Canada PDF eBook |
Author | Patricia Sawin |
Publisher | Indiana University Press |
Total Pages | 323 |
Release | 2020-10-06 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0253052882 |
To ensure continuity and foster innovation within the discipline of folklore, we must know what came before. Folklore in the United States and Canada is an essential guide to the history and development of graduate folklore programs throughout the United States and Canada. As the first history of folklore studies since the mid-1980s, this book offers a long overdue look into the development of the earliest programs and the novel directions of more recent programs. The volume is encyclopedic in its coverage and is organized chronologically based on the approximate founding date of each program. Drawing extensively on archival sources, oral histories, and personal experience, the contributors explore the key individuals and central events in folklore programs at US and Canadian academic institutions and demonstrate how these programs have been shaped within broader cultural and historical contexts. Revealing the origins of graduate folklore programs, as well as their accomplishments, challenges, and connections, Folklore in the United States and Canada is an essential read for all folklorists and those who are studying to become folklorists.
Regional Folklore
Title | Regional Folklore PDF eBook |
Author | Ann E. Vitale |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 101 |
Release | 2003 |
Genre | Folklore |
ISBN | 9781590843284 |
Folklore of the geographical regions of the United States and eastern Canada is explored.
Folklore of Canada
Title | Folklore of Canada PDF eBook |
Author | Edith Fowke |
Publisher | McClelland & Stewart |
Total Pages | 353 |
Release | 1990-04-01 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 0771032048 |
Folk tales, legends, tall tales, jokes, riddles, myths, sea shanties - all types of folklore, from every corner of Canada, make up this classic collection by one of the most prominent folklorists in Canada today.
American Folklore
Title | American Folklore PDF eBook |
Author | Jan Harold Brunvand |
Publisher | Taylor & Francis |
Total Pages | 1687 |
Release | 1998 |
Genre | Folklore |
ISBN | 0815333501 |
First Published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Canadian Fairy Tales
Title | Canadian Fairy Tales PDF eBook |
Author | Cyrus MacMillan |
Publisher | London : J. Lane |
Total Pages | 286 |
Release | 1922 |
Genre | Fairy tales |
ISBN |
Myths and Legends of North America
Title | Myths and Legends of North America PDF eBook |
Author | Cynthia J. O'Brien |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | |
Release | 2015-07 |
Genre | Indian mythology |
ISBN | 9780716626268 |
"Myths and legends from Canada and the Northern United States. Features include information about the history and culture behind the myths, pronunciations, lists of deities, word glossary, further information, and index"--
A Bibliography of Canadian Folklore in English
Title | A Bibliography of Canadian Folklore in English PDF eBook |
Author | Edith Fowke |
Publisher | University of Toronto Press |
Total Pages | 292 |
Release | 1982-12-15 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1487597177 |
This book is the only comprehensive bibliography of Canadian folklore in English. The 3877 different items are arranged by genres: folktales; folk music and dance; folk speech and naming; superstitions, popular beliefs, folk medicine, and the supernatural; folk life and customs; folk art and material culture; and within genres by ethnic groups: Anglophone and Celtic, Francophone, Indian and Inuit, and other cultural groups. The items include reference books, periodicals, articles, records, films, biographies of scholars and informants, and graduate theses. Each items is annotated through a coding that indicates whether it is academic or popular, its importance to the scholar, and whether it is suitable for young people. The introduction includes a brief survey of Canadian folklore studies, putting this work into academic and social perspective. The book covers all the important items and most minor items dealing with Canadian folklore published in English up to the end of 1979. It is concerned with legitimate Canadian folklore – whether transplanted from other countries and preserved here, or created here to reflect the culture of this country. It distinguishes between authentic folklore presented as collected and popular treatments in which the material has been rewritten by the authors. Intended primarily for scholars of folklore, international as well as Canadian, the book will also be of use to scholars in anthropology, cultural geography, oral history, and other branches of Canadian culture studies, as well as to librarians, teachers, and the general public.