Feminist Theory and the Study of Folklore
Susan Hollis (Edited by), Linda Pershing (Edited by), M Jane Young (Edited by)
9780252063138
Paperback / softback, published 1 December 1993
432 pages
22.9 x 15.2 x 4.6 cm, 0.594 kg
Winner of the Elli Kongas-Maranda Prize, American Folklore Society, 1994.
Taking a performance-centered perspective on folklore, contributors to this volume challenge patriarchal assumptions of the past and rethink old topics from a feminist perspective while opening new areas of research. In eighteen chapters the book covers girls' games, political cartoons, quilting, Pentecostal preachers, daily housework, Egyptian goddesses, tall tales, and birth. This hallmark collection of feminist folklore will be a valuable resource for scholars and other interested readers.
