{"product_id":"grand-theory-in-folkloristics-paperback-softback-9780253024398","title":"Grand Theory in Folkloristics (Paperback \/ softback) 9780253024398","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eGrand Theory in Folkloristics\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eLee Haring (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780253024398\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 19 September 2016\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e168 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 0.9 cm, 0.249 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhy is there no \"Grand Theory\" in the study of folklore? Talcott Parsons (1902–1979) advocated \"grand theory,\" which put the analysis of social phenomena on a new track in the broadest possible terms. Not all sociologists or folklorists accept those broad terms; some still adhere to the empirical level. Through a forum sponsored by the American Folklore Society, the diverse answers to the question of such a theory arrived at substantial agreement: American folklorists have produced little \"grand theory.\" One speaker even found all the theory folklorists need in the history of philosophy. The two women in the forum (Noyes and Mills) spoke in defense of theory that is local, \"apt,\" suited to the audience, and \"humble\"; the men (Bauman and Fine) reached for something Parsons might have recognized. The essays in this collection, developed from the forum presentations, defend diverse positions, but they largely accept the longstanding concentration in American folkloristics on the quotidian and local.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eForeword\u003cbr\u003e Michael Dylan Foster and Ray Cashman\u003cbr\u003e Folkloristics in the Twenty-First Century\u003cbr\u003e Alan Dundes\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e America's Antitheoretical Folkloristics\u003cbr\u003e Lee Haring\u003cbr\u003e The Sweep of Knowledge: The Politics of Grand and Local Theory in Folkloristics\u003cbr\u003e Gary Alan Fine\u003cbr\u003e What('s) Theory?\u003cbr\u003e Margaret A. Mills\u003cbr\u003e The Philology of the Vernacular\u003cbr\u003e Richard Bauman\u003cbr\u003e Humble Theory\u003cbr\u003e Dorothy Noyes\u003cbr\u003e Grand Theory, Nationalism, and American Folklore\u003cbr\u003e John W. Roberts\u003cbr\u003e There is No Grand Theory in Germany, and for Good Reason\u003cbr\u003e James R. Dow\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eResponses\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eWhat Theory Is\u003cbr\u003e Newton Garver\u003cbr\u003e Weak Theory in an Unfinished World\u003cbr\u003e Kathleen Stewart\u003cbr\u003e \"Or in Other Words\": Recasting Grand Theory\u003cbr\u003e Kirin Narayan\u003cbr\u003e Disciplining Folkloristics\u003cbr\u003e Charles L. Briggs\u003cbr\u003e Afterwords\u003cbr\u003e Reflections on Grand Theory, Graduate School, and Intellectual Ballast\u003cbr\u003e Chad Edward Buterbaugh\u003cbr\u003e Ten Years After\u003cbr\u003e Lee Haring\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Indiana University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52695468474648,"sku":"9780253024398","price":18.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/grand-theory-in-folkloristics-paperback-softback-9780253024398","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}