A Bibliography of North American Folklore and Folksong
Author | : Charles Haywood |
Publisher | : New York : Greenberg |
Total Pages | : 1358 |
Release | : 1951 |
Genre | : African Americans |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Charles Haywood |
Publisher | : New York : Greenberg |
Total Pages | : 1358 |
Release | : 1951 |
Genre | : African Americans |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Charles Haywood |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 568 |
Release | : 1961 |
Genre | : African Americans |
ISBN | : |
Unabridged and corrected republication of the work first published by Greenberg Publisher in 1951.
Author | : Charles Haywood |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 784 |
Release | : 1961 |
Genre | : African Americans |
ISBN | : |
Unabridged and corrected republication of the work first published by Greenberg Publisher in 1951.
Author | : Charles Haywood |
Publisher | : New York : Greenberg |
Total Pages | : 1344 |
Release | : 1951 |
Genre | : African Americans |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Michael J. Marcuse |
Publisher | : Univ of California Press |
Total Pages | : 2816 |
Release | : 2023-11-10 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 0520321871 |
Author | : Richard M. Dorson |
Publisher | : Indiana University Press |
Total Pages | : 614 |
Release | : 1986-02-22 |
Genre | : Music |
ISBN | : 9780253203731 |
Includes material on interpretation methods and presentation of research.
Author | : Amy L. Cohn |
Publisher | : Scholastic Inc. |
Total Pages | : 434 |
Release | : 1993 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 9780590428682 |
A compilation of more than 120 folk songs, tales, poems, and stories telling the history of America and reflecting its multicultural society. Illustrated by award-winning artists.
Author | : Linda Watts |
Publisher | : Infobase Holdings, Inc |
Total Pages | : 462 |
Release | : 2020-07-01 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 1646930002 |
Folklore has been described as the unwritten literature of a culture: its songs, stories, sayings, games, rituals, beliefs, and ways of life. Encyclopedia of American Folklore helps readers explore topics, terms, themes, figures, and issues related to this popular subject. This comprehensive reference guide addresses the needs of multiple audiences, including high school, college, and public libraries, archive and museum collections, storytellers, and independent researchers. Its content and organization correspond to the ways educators integrate folklore within literacy and wider learning objectives for language arts and cultural studies at the secondary level. This well-rounded resource connects United States folk forms with their cultural origin, historical context, and social function. Appendixes include a bibliography, a category index, and a discussion of starting points for researching American folklore. References and bibliographic material throughout the text highlight recently published and commonly available materials for further study. Coverage includes: Folk heroes and legendary figures, including Paul Bunyan and Yankee Doodle Fables, fairy tales, and myths often featured in American folklore, including "Little Red Riding Hood" and "The Princess and the Pea" American authors who have added to or modified folklore traditions, including Washington Irving Historical events that gave rise to folklore, including the civil rights movement and the Revolutionary War Terms in folklore studies, such as fieldwork and the folklife movement Holidays and observances, such as Christmas and Kwanzaa Topics related to folklore in everyday life, such as sports folklore and courtship/dating folklore Folklore related to cultural groups, such as Appalachian folklore and African-American folklore and more.
Author | : Charles Haywood |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 1980-05-01 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9780844612270 |
Author | : Jan Harold Brunvand |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 812 |
Release | : 2006-05-24 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 1135578788 |
Contains over 500 articles Ranging over foodways and folksongs, quiltmaking and computer lore, Pecos Bill, Butch Cassidy, and Elvis sightings, more than 500 articles spotlight folk literature, music, and crafts; sports and holidays; tall tales and legendary figures; genres and forms; scholarly approaches and theories; regions and ethnic groups; performers and collectors; writers and scholars; religious beliefs and practices. The alphabetically arranged entries vary from concise definitions to detailed surveys, each accompanied by a brief, up-to-date bibliography. Special features *More than 2000 contributors *Over 500 articles spotlight folk literature, music, crafts, and more *Alphabetically arranged *Entries accompanied by up-to-date bibliographies *Edited by America's best-known folklore authority