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Record Nr.

UNINA9910792288803321

Autore

De Caro F. A. <1943-2020, >

Titolo

Folklore recycled : old traditions in new contexts / / Frank de Caro

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Jackson : , : University Press of Mississippi, , [2013]

©2013

ISBN

1-62103-936-6

1-61703-765-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (242 p.)

Disciplina

398.20973

Soggetti

Folklore - United States - History and criticism

Folk literature, American - History and criticism

Literature and folklore - United States - History and criticism

Folk art - United States - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 222-225) and index.

Nota di contenuto

COVER; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION: Folklore's Messiness; CHAPTER 1 "Authentic Local Culture": The Open Textuality of a Folk Tradition; CHAPTER 2 "In This Folk-Lore Land": Establishing Race, Class, and Identity through Folklore Studies (coauthor, Rosan Augusta Jordan); CHAPTER 3 "Unrivalled Charms": Folklore, Nonfiction, and Lafcadio Hearn; CHAPTER 4 Photographing Folklife: Document, Symbol, Propaganda; CHAPTER 5 The Age of Fire and Gravel": "Occult" and "Alternative History" Uses of Folklore

CHAPTER 6 Americans and the Folk Arts in Mexico: Tourism, Fine Art, Architecture, Interior Decoration, International RelationsCONNECTIONS: A Brief Conclusion; NOTES; SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX; A ; B ; C ; D ; E ; F ; G; H ; I ; J; K ; L ; M ; N ; O ; P ; Q ; R ; S ; T ; U ; V ; W ; Y ; Z

Sommario/riassunto

This title starts from the proposition that folklore - usually thought of in its historical social context as 'oral tradition' - is easily appropriated, recycled, into other contexts. The book discusses the larger issue of folklore being recycled into non-folk contexts, and proceeds to look at a number of instances of repurposing.