Following tradition : folklore in the discourse of American culture / Simon J. Bronner

Englisch

Logan, Utah : Utah State University Press, 1998

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 518-589) and index

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Print version: Bronner, Simon J: Following tradition. - Logan, Utah : Utah State University Press, 1998

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The problem of tradition -- Folklore and ideology during the Gilded Age -- The English connection, from cultural survivals to cultural studies -- Studies -- The Americanization of the Brothers Grimm -- Martha Warren Beckwith and the rise of academic authority -- Alfred Shoemaker and the discovery of American folklife -- Henry W. Shoemaker and the fable of public folklore -- Richard Dorson and the great debates -- Displaying American tradition in folk arts.

*Electronic books ; Folklore -- United States -- History ; Oral tradition -- United States -- History ; United States -- Social life and customs ; Electronic books ; Folklore ; Oral tradition ; United States

*SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Folklore & Mythology ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; General ; Folklore ; Manners and customs ; Oral tradition ; Volkskunde ; Kultur ; Folkloristik ; Geschichte ; Tradition orale ; États-Unis ; Histoire ; Folklore ; États-Unis ; Histoire ; Tradition ; United States ; USA ; History

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Following Tradition is an expansive examination of the history of tradition--"one of the most common as well as most contested terms in English language usage"--In Americans' thinking and discourse about culture. Tradition in use becomes problematic because of "its multiple meanings and its conceptual softness." As a term and a concept, it has been important in the development of all scholarly fields that study American culture. Folklore, history, American studies, anthropology, cultural studies, and others assign different value and meaning to tradition

 

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