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Following tradition [electronic resource] : folklore in the discourse of American culture / Simon J. Bronner.

By: Bronner, Simon J.
Material type: TextTextPublisher: Logan, Utah : Utah State University Press, c1998General Notes: Available through the EBSCO e-book Collection, which can be found on the Davenport University Library database page.Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. 518-589) and index.Description: 1 online resource (xv, 599 p.) : ill.ISBN: 9780874213645 (electronic bk.); 0874213649 (electronic bk.); 0585033676 (electronic bk.); 9780585033679 (electronic bk.).Subject(s): Folklore -- United States -- History | Oral tradition -- United States -- History | United States -- Social life and customsGenre/Form: Electronic books DDC classification: 398/.0973 Online resources: Access full-text materials at no charge:
Contents:
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.
Summary: Following Tradition is an expansive examination of the history of tradition & mdash;"one of the most common as well as most contested terms in English language usage" & mdash;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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Includes bibliographical references (p. 518-589) and index.

Available through the EBSCO e-book Collection, which can be found on the Davenport University Library database page.

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.

Following Tradition is an expansive examination of the history of tradition & mdash;"one of the most common as well as most contested terms in English language usage" & mdash;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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