Following tradition folklore in the discourse of American culture
Title:
Following tradition folklore in the discourse of American culture
Author:
Bronner, Simon J.
ISBN:
9780874213645
9780585033679
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
Logan, Utah : Utah State University Press, c1998.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (xv, 599 p.) : ill.
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.
Abstract:
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.
Subject Term:
Genre:
Electronic Access:
EBSCOhost http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=2122