A Companion to Folklore (eBook, PDF)

Redaktion: Bendix, Regina F.; Hasan-Rokem, Galit

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Produktbeschreibung

A Companion to Folklore contains an original and comprehensive set of essays from international experts in the field of folklore studies. This state-of-the-art collection uniquely displays the vitality of folklore research across the globe. The Companion covers four main areas: the first section engages with the practices and theoretical approaches developed to understand the phenomena of folklore; the second discusses the distinctive shapes that folklore studies have taken in different locations in time and space; the third examines the interaction of folklore with various media, as well as folklore's commoditization. In the final section on practice, essays offer insights into how folklorists work, what they do, and ways in which they have institutionalized their field.

Throughout, contributors investigate the interplay of folklore and folkloristics in both academic and political arenas; they evaluate key issues in the folk life of communities from around the world, including China, post-communist Russia, post-colonial India, South America, Israel and Japan. The result is a unique reflection and understanding of the profoundly different research histories and current perspectives on international research in the field.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. März 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781444354362
• Artikelnr.: 37758200

Autorenporträt

Regina F. Bendix is Professor of Cultural Anthropology/European Ethnology at Georg-August-University in Göttingen, Germany. Galit Hasan-Rokem is Max and Margarethe Grunwald Professor of Folklore, and Professor of Hebrew Literature at the Mandel Institute of Jewish Studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel.

Inhaltsangabe

Notes on Contributors viii
Introduction 1
Regina F. Bendix and Galit Hasan-Rokem
Part I Concepts and Phenomena 7
Introduction: Concepts and Phenomena 9
Regina F. Bendix and Galit Hasan-Rokem
1 The Social Base of Folklore 13
Dorothy Noyes
2 Tradition Without End 40
Francisco Vaz da Silva
3 The Poetics of Folklore 55
Amy Shuman and Galit Hasan-Rokem
4 Three Aspects of Oral Textuality 75
Peter Seitel
5 Performance 94
Richard Bauman
6 Myth-Ritual-Symbol 119
Hagar Salamon and Harvey E. Goldberg
7 Religious Practice 136
Sabina Magliocco
8 Work and Professions 154
Gertraud Koch
9 Material Culture 169
Orvar Löfgren
Part II Location 185
Introduction: Location 187
Regina F. Bendix and Galit Hasan-Rokem
10 Translingual Folklore and Folklorics in China 190
Lydia H. Liu
11 Japan 211
Akiko Mori
12 India 234
Sadhana Naithani
13 Oceania 248
Phillip H. McArthur
14 Folklore and Folklore Studies in Latin America 265
Fernando Fischman
15 Folklore Studies in the United States 286
Lee Haring and Regina F. Bendix
16 Dancing Around Folklore: Constructing a National Culture in Turkey 305
Arzu Öztürkmen
17 Folklore Studies In Israel 325
Dani Schrire and Galit Hasan-Rokem
18 Fulani (Peul, Fulfulde, Pulaar) Literature 349
Ursula Baumgardt
19 From Volkskunde to the "Field of Many Names": Folklore Studies in
German-Speaking Europe Since 1945 364
Regina F. Bendix
20 Finland 391
Lauri Harvilahti
21 Ireland 409
Diarmuid Ó Giolláin
22 Russia 426
Alexander Panchenko
Part III Reflection 443
Introduction: Reflection 445
Regina F. Bendix and Galit Hasan-Rokem
23 Folklore and Literature 447
Cristina Bacchilega
24 Folklore and/in Music 464
Stephen D. Winick
25 Folklore and/on Film 483
Pauline Greenhill
26 Cultural Heritage 500
Valdimar T. Hafstein
27 Cultural Property 520
Martin Skrydstrup
28 Folklore: Legal and Constitutional Power 537
Alison Dundes Renteln
Part IV Practice 555
Introduction: Practice
Regina F. Bendix and Galit Hasan-Rokem 557
29 Seeing, Hearing, Feeling, Writing: Approaches and Methods from the
Perspective of Ethnological Analysis of the Present 559
Brigitta Schmidt-Lauber
30 Imagining Public Folklore 579
Debora Kodish
31 The Institutionalization of Folklore 598
Bjarne Rogan
Index 631

Rezensionen

"This 660-page anthology is important, containing thirty-six essays by thirty-three scholars, who represent different countries and approaches to the study of folklore." (Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, 1 March 2014)

"A Companion to Folkloreis nothing if not international, and this quality alone distinguishes it from most earlier reference works and makes it an important resource for the field." (Western Folklore, 1 May 2013