Folklore and fakelore : essays toward a discipline of folk studies /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Dorson, Richard M. (Richard Mercer), 1916-1981
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1976.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Folklore, academe, and the marketplace--The theoretical side of folklore: Folklore in the modern world. Mythology and folklore, a review essay. Is folklore a discipline?--The oral process: Oral literature, oral history, and the folklorist. Sources for the traditional history of the Scottish Highlands and Western Islands
  • In the Field: Collecting in County Kerry. Tales of two lobstermen. Dialect stories of the Upper Peninsula
  • Folk heroes of the Media: Comic Indian anecdotes. The career of John Henry. Paul Bunyan in the news