Folklore in the Modern World / / ed. by Richard M. Dorson.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Social Sciences - <1990
• MitwirkendeR: ABRAHAMS, ROGER D.,; ANDRZEJEWSKI, B. W.,; ARAKI, HIROYUKO,; BAGHBAN, HAFIZULLAH,; BEN-AMOS, DAN,; BIANCO, CARLA,; DORSON, RICHARD M.,; DÉGH, LINDA,; FERNANDEZ, JAMES W.,; FIKRY, MONA,; GEORGES, ROBERT A.,; HURREIZ, SAYYID,; KALČIK, SUSAN,; KIRSHENBLATT-GIMBLETT, BARBARA,; KLYMASZ, ROBERT B.,; LOUKATOS, DEMETRIOS,; MARANDA, ELLI KÖNGÄS,; MESERVE, RUTH I.,; MESERVE, WALTER J.,; NEWALL, VENETIA,; PENTIKÄINEN, JUHA,; RIHTMAN-AUGUŠTIN, DUNJA,; SALEH, AHMED RUSHDI,; TOLOSANA, CARMELO LISON,; VÁZSONYI, ANDREW,
• HerausgeberIn: Dorson, Richard M.,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2011]; ©1978
• Year of Publication: 2011
• Edition: Reprint 2011
• Language: English
• Series: World Anthropology : An Interdisciplinary Series
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (364 p.) :; 1 Num. fig.
• Other title: I-XII --; PART ONE --; Introduction --; Folklore in the Modern World --; SECTION ONE. Folklore and the City --; Migration and Urbanization of a Traditional Culture: An Italian Experience --; An Oil Boom, Women, and Changing Traditions: A Study of Libyan Women in Benghazi --; The Impact of Urbanization on Shukriyya Life and Folk Poetry --; Modern and Traditional Aspects of Somali Drama --; Aspects of the Folklore of the Jamaican Ethnic Minority in Britain: A Preliminary Consideration --; Culture Shock and Narrative Creativity --; SECTION TWO. Folklore and Ideology --; Myth and Superstition in Communist China's Drama and Theater --; SECTION THREE. Folklore and the Mass Media --; The Wandering Infant-Noble Theme in Japanese Legends and Mass Media --; Influences of Mass Media on Folklore in Egypt --; Traditional Culture, Folklore, and Mass Culture in Contemporary Yugoslavia --; SECTION FOUR. Folklore and Industrialism --; Tourist Archeofolklore in Greece --; Syllogisms of Association: Some Modern Extensions of Asturian Deepsong --; Folklore and Culture Change: Lau Riddles of Modernization --; PART TWO --; Introduction: Part Two --; Folklore and Cultural Pluralism --; Oral Transmission of Knowledge --; The Crack on the Red Goblet or Truth and Modern Legend --; The Science in Folklore: The Case of Motif D1275 — “Magic Song” --; Verbal Art in Modern Rural Galicia --; Conceptions of Fate in Stories Told by Greeks --; The Pragmatism of Herat Folk Theater --; The Modern Local Historian in Africa --; Biographical Notes --; Index of Names --; Index of Subjects
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9783110803099; 9783110637922
• DOI: 10.1515/9783110803099
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: ed. by Richard M. Dorson.