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A Companion to Folklore
“This book presents challenging and inspiring essays about a field that is often misconceived as the harbor of tradition. The volume succeeds in representing folklore as a vital component of human existence and folkloristics as an indispensable discipline within the humanities.” “Magisterial, engaging, smart, and always thought-provoking, A Companion to Folklore both reflects and will help shape the broad and increasingly interdisciplinary ambit - and promise - of the field.” "This comprehensive companion to folklore represents the best recent work and an exciting vision of what folklore can offer other disciplines." "Magisterial in its scope at bursting at every seam with information, Bendix and Hasan-Rokem's Companion to Folklore will spark a rich transnational conversation regarding future directions for folkloristics."
- Prof. Dr. Ulrich Marzolph, Enzyklopädie des Märchens, Göttingen
- Don Brenneis, University of California, Santa Cruz
- Barbara Kirshenblatt Gimblett, New York University
- Charles L. Briggs, co-author of Voices of Modernity
Regina F. Bendix (Edited by), RF Bendix (Author), Galit Hasan-Rokem (Edited by)
9781405194990, Wiley
Hardback, published 30 March 2012
688 pages
25.4 x 18 x 3.9 cm, 1.184 kg
"Covering information across time periods and continents, this truly is a multicultural and multidisciplinary approach to folklore studies." (American Reference Books Annual, 1 November 2015) “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 “If so, we will have gained tremendously through the one-time exposure that this high-profile, and intellectually rich, project will have provided us, as well as from the technical and political-economic lessons that it can teach us. These are among the upsides, for which I am very grateful. At a simple level, I am tremendously appreciative of the work undertaken by the editors and for the gift of a review copy, which I know I will be consulting constantly in the years ahead.” (Journal of Folklore Research, 3 April 2013) Named CHOICE Outstanding Title for 2012
“Nearly all college and university libraries will want this book. Summing Up: Essential. All academic levels/libraries.” (Choice, 1 November 2012)
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.
Notes on Contributors viii Introduction 1 Part I Concepts and Phenomena 7 Introduction: Concepts and Phenomena 9 1 The Social Base of Folklore 13 2 Tradition Without End 40 3 The Poetics of Folklore 55 4 Three Aspects of Oral Textuality 75 5 Performance 94 6 Myth-Ritual-Symbol 119 7 Religious Practice 136 8 Work and Professions 154 9 Material Culture 169 Part II Location 185 Introduction: Location 187 10 Translingual Folklore and Folklorics in China 190 11 Japan 211 12 India 234 13 Oceania 248 14 Folklore and Folklore Studies in Latin America 265 15 Folklore Studies in the United States 286 16 Dancing Around Folklore: Constructing a National Culture in Turkey 305 17 Folklore Studies In Israel 325 18 Fulani (Peul, Fulfulde, Pulaar) Literature 349 19 From Volkskunde to the “Field of Many Names”: Folklore Studies in German-Speaking Europe Since 1945 364 20 Finland 391 21 Ireland 409 22 Russia 426 Part III Reflection 443 Introduction: Reflection 445 23 Folklore and Literature 447 24 Folklore and/in Music 464 25 Folklore and/on Film 483 26 Cultural Heritage 500 27 Cultural Property 520 28 Folklore: Legal and Constitutional Power 537 Part IV Practice 555 Introduction: Practice 29 Seeing, Hearing, Feeling, Writing: Approaches and Methods from the Perspective of Ethnological Analysis of the Present 559 30 Imagining Public Folklore 579 31 The Institutionalization of Folklore 598 Index 631
Regina F. Bendix and Galit Hasan-Rokem
Regina F. Bendix and Galit Hasan-Rokem
Dorothy Noyes
Francisco Vaz da Silva
Amy Shuman and Galit Hasan-Rokem
Peter Seitel Copyrighted Material
Richard Bauman
Hagar Salamon and Harvey E. Goldberg
Sabina Magliocco
Gertraud Koch
Orvar Löfgren
Regina F. Bendix and Galit Hasan-Rokem
Lydia H. Liu
Akiko Mori
Sadhana Naithani
Phillip H. McArthur
Fernando Fischman
Lee Haring and Regina F. Bendix
Arzu Öztürkmen
Dani Schrire and Galit Hasan-Rokem
Ursula Baumgardt
Regina F. Bendix
Lauri Harvilahti
Diarmud O’Giollain
Alexander Panchenko
Regina F. Bendix and Galit Hasan-Rokem
Cristina Bacchilega
Stephen D. Winick
Pauline Greenhill
Valdimar T. Hafstein
Martin Skrydstrup
Alison Dundes Renteln
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Brigitta Schmidt-Lauber
Debora Kodish
Bjarne Rogan
Subject Areas: Archaeology [HD]
