Following tradition : : folklore in the discourse of American culture / / Simon J. Bronner.
Following Tradition is an expansive examination of the history of tradition—"one of the most common as well as most contested terms in English language usage"—in Americans' thinking and discourse about culture. Tradition in use becomes problematic because of "its multiple meaning...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Logan : : Utah State University Press,, 1998. |
| Year of Publication: | 1998 |
| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Language: | English |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (617 pages) :; illustrations. |
| Notes: | Description based upon print version of record. |
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Table of Contents:
- Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Prologue: The Past and Present in Tradition; 1. The Problem of Tradition; 2. Folklore and Ideology during the Gilded Age; 3. The English Connection, from Cultural Survivals to Cultural Studies; 4. The Americanization of the Brothers Grimm; 5. Martha Warren Beckwith and the Rise of Academic Authority; 6. Alfred Shoemaker and the Discovery of American Folklife; 7. Henry W. Shoemaker and the Fable of Public Folklore; 8. Richard Dorson and the Great Debates; 9. Displaying American Tradition in Folk Arts; Epilogue. The Future of Tradition