Folklore in the modern world

by Dorson, Richard M., (Richard Mercer)

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Full title :Folklore in the modern world / ed. by Richard M. Dorson.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:1978

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Distributed in the USA and Canada by Aldine, Mouton
Place of Publication:The Hague [Noordeinde 41]
Language:eng
Publication Date:1978

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (xi, 364 pages)

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9783110803099, 3110803097
oclc:ocn636639598
LC Classification:GR10
Dewey Decimal:398/.18

General Editor's Preface; Acknowledgments; PART ONE; Introduction; Folklore in the Modern World; SECTION ONE: FOLKLORE AND THE CITY; Migration and Urbanization of a Traditional Culture: An Italian Experience; An Oil Boom, Women, and Changing Traditions: A Study of Libyan Women in Benghazi; The Impact of Urbanization on Shukriyya Life and Folk Poetry; Modern and Traditional Aspects of Somali Drama; Aspects of the Folklore of the Jamaican Ethnic Minority in Britain: A Preliminary Consideration; Culture Shock and Narrative Creativity; SECTION TWO: FOLKLORE AND IDEOLOGY

Myth and Superstition in Communist China's Drama and TheatreSECTION THREE: FOLKLORE AND THE MASS MEDIA; The Wandering Infant-Noble Theme in Japanese Legends and Mass Media; Influences of Mass Media on Folklore in Egypt; Traditional Culture, Folklore, and Mass Culture in Contemporary Yugoslavia; SECTION FOUR: FOLKLORE AND INDUSTRIALISM; Tourist Archeofolklore in Greece; Syllogisms of Association: Some Modern Extensions of Asturian Deepsong; Folklore and Culture Change: Lau Riddles of Modernization; PART TWO; Introduction: Part Two; Folklore and Cultural Pluralism

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