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The Study of American Folklore: An Introduction
by Jan Harold Brunvand
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good+/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0393972232
- ISBN 13
- 9780393972238
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About This Item
640 p. ; ill.; 24 cm. Includes Index (pp. 617-640).
Blue cloth hardcover with gilt lettering to spine is in Fine condition with the exception of minor bumping to tip and heel and very faint stain to pp. 3-6. Dust jacket has minor shelfwear and some small tears/chips to edges, but otherwise Fine.
From the dust jacket:
Since its publication in 1968, The Study of American Folklore has remained the text of choice for introductory folklore courses, providing students with a comprehensive and engaging survey of the field. The Fourth Edition, thoroughly revised and updated by the distinguished folklorist Jan Harold Brunvand, maintains the popular organization of previous editions and adds new features to reflect the needs of today's courses.
Written expressly for the introductory undergraduate course, The Study of American Folklore provides students with solid and succinct definitions, illuminating and engaging examples, and up-to-date resources for further reading, all framed within an organization that is flexible and teachable.
New to the Fourth Edition are 67 "Focus" points that offer students in-depth examples of folk genres, research methods, and theoretical approaches. Designed to spur student discussion and research, "Focus" points are accompanied by questions and project suggestions. Sample topics include "Feminist Folklore Fieldwork," "Folk Poetry on the Internet," and "Making a Palmetto Hat." A list of all "Focus" points can be found on the back cover.
In addition, 70 black-and-white photographs have been added to the Fourth Edition to aid student understanding; they are especially useful for the study of material and performative folk traditions.
Cover photos (clockwise from upper left): Woman spinning, Lest. County, KY (1931); courtesy of Photographic Archives/University of Louisville. Cowboy cooking, Waggoner Ranch, Vernon, TX; cour-tesy of Photographic Archives/University of Louisville. Ted Farley refurbishing his mid-nineteenth-century cabin, Rock Creek, WV; photo by Lyntha Eiler; American Folklife Center, Library of Congress. Charles Todd recording Oklahoma migrant workers Mr and Mrs. Frank Pipkin, Farm Security Administration camp, Shafter, CA (1940); from the Charles Todd—California Migrant Labor Collection; photo by Robert Hemmig, Ventura; American Folklife Center, Library of Congress. The wedding of Cambodians Sopheap Muth and Pen Hing, Lowell, MA (1987); photo by John Lueders-Booth. Play period at the Alexander community school, Greene County, GA (1941); from the Farm Security Administration Collection; photo by Jack Delano; Library of Congress.
JAN HAROLD BRUNVAND, who received his Ph.D. in Fultlare from Indiana University under Richard Dotson, is Professor Emeritus of English at the University of Utah, where he has taught since 1966. A former president of the American Folklore Society, Professor Brunvand has held various editorships, including that of the Journal of American Folklore. He is as internationally recognized authority on urban legends and has written several books on the subject, including The Vanishing Hitchhiker: American Urban Legends and Their Meanings and The Baby Train and Other Lusty Urban Legends (both available from W W Norton). Professor Brunvand is also General Editor of the monumental compendium of the field, American Folklore: An Encyclopedia, published in 1996.
Blue cloth hardcover with gilt lettering to spine is in Fine condition with the exception of minor bumping to tip and heel and very faint stain to pp. 3-6. Dust jacket has minor shelfwear and some small tears/chips to edges, but otherwise Fine.
From the dust jacket:
Since its publication in 1968, The Study of American Folklore has remained the text of choice for introductory folklore courses, providing students with a comprehensive and engaging survey of the field. The Fourth Edition, thoroughly revised and updated by the distinguished folklorist Jan Harold Brunvand, maintains the popular organization of previous editions and adds new features to reflect the needs of today's courses.
Written expressly for the introductory undergraduate course, The Study of American Folklore provides students with solid and succinct definitions, illuminating and engaging examples, and up-to-date resources for further reading, all framed within an organization that is flexible and teachable.
New to the Fourth Edition are 67 "Focus" points that offer students in-depth examples of folk genres, research methods, and theoretical approaches. Designed to spur student discussion and research, "Focus" points are accompanied by questions and project suggestions. Sample topics include "Feminist Folklore Fieldwork," "Folk Poetry on the Internet," and "Making a Palmetto Hat." A list of all "Focus" points can be found on the back cover.
In addition, 70 black-and-white photographs have been added to the Fourth Edition to aid student understanding; they are especially useful for the study of material and performative folk traditions.
Cover photos (clockwise from upper left): Woman spinning, Lest. County, KY (1931); courtesy of Photographic Archives/University of Louisville. Cowboy cooking, Waggoner Ranch, Vernon, TX; cour-tesy of Photographic Archives/University of Louisville. Ted Farley refurbishing his mid-nineteenth-century cabin, Rock Creek, WV; photo by Lyntha Eiler; American Folklife Center, Library of Congress. Charles Todd recording Oklahoma migrant workers Mr and Mrs. Frank Pipkin, Farm Security Administration camp, Shafter, CA (1940); from the Charles Todd—California Migrant Labor Collection; photo by Robert Hemmig, Ventura; American Folklife Center, Library of Congress. The wedding of Cambodians Sopheap Muth and Pen Hing, Lowell, MA (1987); photo by John Lueders-Booth. Play period at the Alexander community school, Greene County, GA (1941); from the Farm Security Administration Collection; photo by Jack Delano; Library of Congress.
JAN HAROLD BRUNVAND, who received his Ph.D. in Fultlare from Indiana University under Richard Dotson, is Professor Emeritus of English at the University of Utah, where he has taught since 1966. A former president of the American Folklore Society, Professor Brunvand has held various editorships, including that of the Journal of American Folklore. He is as internationally recognized authority on urban legends and has written several books on the subject, including The Vanishing Hitchhiker: American Urban Legends and Their Meanings and The Baby Train and Other Lusty Urban Legends (both available from W W Norton). Professor Brunvand is also General Editor of the monumental compendium of the field, American Folklore: An Encyclopedia, published in 1996.
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- Title
- The Study of American Folklore
- Author
- Jan Harold Brunvand
- Illustrator
- [various]
- Format/Binding
- Cloth hard cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 4th Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0393972232
- ISBN 13
- 9780393972238
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Company
- Place of Publication
- Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 1998
- Pages
- 640
- Size
- 24
- Keywords
- folklore; united states of america; social life and customs; storytelling; myths; legends; tall tales; superstitions; music; architecture; traditional craft
- Bookseller catalogs
- Textbooks; Folklore; Supernatural; History; Art & Culture;
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