LEADER 03592nam 2200661 450 001 9910794471203321 005 20201207064518.0 010 $a1-64469-425-5 010 $a1-64469-424-7 024 7 $a10.1515/9781644694244 035 $a(CKB)4100000011588874 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6397443 035 $a(DE-B1597)565873 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781644694244 035 $a(OCoLC)1223027682 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000011588874 100 $a20201207d2020 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 04$aThe storytelling human $eLithuanian folk tradition today /$fedited by Lina Bu?giene? 210 1$aBoston :$cAcademic Studies Press,$d[2020] 210 4$dİ2020 215 $a1 online resource (288 pages) 225 1 $aLithuanian studies without borders 311 $a1-64469-423-9 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tForeword -- $tPART ONE. History and Tradition in a Changing World -- $t1. Predominant Modes of Perception and Folk Narrative -- $t2. Taking Shelter in Memoir amid the Turmoil of History: Reconstructing Mental Landscapes in Autobiographical Narratives -- $t3. The Dead Want to Come Home: Stories about the Repatriation of Siberian Deportee Remains to Lithuania -- $t4. Borderland Lives: Historical Reflections in Eastern Lithuanian Life Stories -- $tPART TWO. Traditional Folklore and Modernity -- $t5. Life in Folktales or Folktales in Life? How Storytellers Influence Folk Traditions -- $t6. The Contemporary Consumer and Creator of Proverbs, or Why Do We Need Proverbs Today? -- $t7. Homo ridens: The Joking Human in Lithuania from the Late Nineteenth to the Early Twenty-First Centuries -- $t8. Between Culture and Subculture: The Case of Lithuania?s Basketball Fans -- $tBibliography -- $tAbbreviations -- $tIndex 330 $aThis book is among the very few publications offering to the English-speaking readership significant insights into contemporary Lithuanian folklore research. Dealing with broad variety of materials?from archived manuscripts to audio-recorded life stories to internet folklore, it comprises such topics as history and identity, traditional worldview influencing modern people?s actions, construction of the mental landscape, types and modes of storytelling, the modern uses of proverbs, anecdotes, and internet lore. In a balanced way reflecting upon past and present, tradition and modernity, individual and collective, and employing modern research methodologies to dissect and analyze popular subjects and themes, the eight separate essays comprising the book present a condensed view of the popular Lithuanian culture and mentality. 410 0$aLithuanian studies without borders. 606 $aFolklore$zLithuania 610 $aBaltic culture. 610 $aLithuanian folklore. 610 $ahumor. 610 $aideology. 610 $ainternet lore. 610 $alife story. 610 $alived experience. 610 $amental landscape. 610 $anarrative. 610 $anational identity. 610 $aoral history. 610 $apost-Soviet culture. 610 $aproverb. 610 $astorytelling. 610 $atradition. 610 $avernacular. 615 0$aFolklore 676 $a398.2094793 702 $aBu?giene?$b Lina$f1968- 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910794471203321 996 $aThe storytelling human$93865565 997 $aUNINA