American Folklore: An Encyclopedia

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Название: American Folklore: An Encyclopedia

Автор: Jan Harold Brunvand

Издательство: Garland Publishing, Inc.

Год: 1996

Страниц: 1690

Формат: PDF

Размер: 20 Mb

Язык: Английский

Contains over 500 articlesRanging over foodways and folksongs, quiltmaking and computer lore, Pecos Bill, Butch Cassidy, and Elvis sightings, more than 500 articles spotlight folk literature, music, and crafts; sports and holidays; tall tales and legendary figures; genres and forms; scholarly approaches and theories; regions and ethnic groups; performers and collectors; writers and scholars; religious beliefs and practices. The alphabetically arranged entries vary from concise definitions to detailed surveys, each accompanied by a brief, up-to-date bibliography.