Humble Theory : Folklore's Grasp on Social Life / / Dorothy Noyes

• Autore: Noyes Dorothy
• Pubblicazione: Bloomington, Indiana ; ; Indianapolis, Indiana : , : Indiana University Press, , 2016; ©2016
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (471 pages)
• Disciplina: 398.2
• Soggetto topico: Ethnology - Study and teaching; Ethnology - Philosophy; Folklore - Study and teaching; Folklore - Philosophy
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Humble theory -- Group -- The social base of folklore -- Tradition : three traditions -- Aesthetic is the opposite of anaesthetic : on tradition and attention -- Voice in the provinces : submission, recognition, and the birth of heritage in lower Languedoc -- The work of redemption : folk voice in the myth of industrial development -- Festival pasts and futures in Catalonia -- Hardscrabble academies : toward a social economy of vernacular invention -- Cultural warming? : Brazil in Berlin -- Fairy-tale economics : scarcity, risk, choice -- On sociocultural categories -- The judgment of Solomon : global protections for tradition and the problem of community ownership -- Heritage, legacy, zombie : how to bury the undead past -- Compromised concepts in rising waters : making the folk resilient.
• Sommario/riassunto: Incisive and wide ranging, the fifteen essays in this book chronicle the "humble theoryof both folk and folklorist as interacting perspectives on social life in the modern Western world.
• Titolo autorizzato: Humble Theory
• ISBN: 0-253-02338-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910149166503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II