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American Folklore Studies: An Intellectual History
Simon J. Bronner
Here for the first time is a history of American folkloristic ideas and the figures who shaped them. Simon Bronner puts these ideas in cultural context, showing the interconnection of folklore studies with historical events, social changes, and intellectual movements. He follows the beginnings of American folklore studies in the antiquarian literature of the 1830s through the rise of folklore societies in the 1880s to the emergence of an independent discipline in the 1950s. In this progression, Bronner identifies several major themes tying folklore studies to intellectual history: first, the unearthing of a hidden, usable past; second, the charting of time and space; and third, the structuring of communication. More than a chronological or biographical history, this book is an interpretation of folkloristic ideas and their relationship to American society.
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Cover Page
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Title Page
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Copyright Page
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Dedication
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Contents
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Illustrations
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Preface
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Chapter 1. The Usable Hidden Past of Folklore
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Chapter 2. People and Places in American Folklore Studies, 1800-1900: A Photographic Essay
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Chapter 3. The Professionalization of Time and Space
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Chapter 4. Folklore in an Era of Communication
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Notes
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Bibliography
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Background Works
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Histories
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Surveys
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Biographies
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Accounts of Meetings and Events
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Statements of Method
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Statements of Theory
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Collections
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Studies
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Commentaries
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Forecasts
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Definitions
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Statements on Public and Applied Folklore
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Statements on Higher Education
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Reference Works
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Statements on Historiography
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Index
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Published: 1986
Publisher: University Press of Kansas
- 978-0-7006-0313-8 (paper)