The American Concept of Folklore
Abstract
It is probably unwise to speak of concept of as if there were just one. In past, and even in present, there has been considerable disagreement among folklorists as to nature of One is tempted to suggest that there have been almost as many of as there have been folklorists. Thus the concept of folklore can really only be discussed as some of folklore. By American I refer to North and more specifically to United States of America. The peoples of Latin America also consider themselves Americans and folklorists in Latin have been extremely active in last few decades, particularly with respect to formulating concepts of folklore.' However, various understandings of held by Latin folklorists differ quite radically from those championed by North folklorists and they will not be treated here. In discussing concept of I shall confine myself to folklorists' of inasmuch as a less specific topic would have to include views of general public. The public at large tends to think of as a synonym for error, fallacy, or historical inaccuracy. One hears, for example, phrase That's folklore, meaning That is not true, and while this does not
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Dundes established a 'modern' concept of folklore that considered 'folk' to be 'any group of people whatsoever who share at least one common factor.'
“In establishing what historiographers consider the globalization of a”
From Introduction: Folklore and Ethnology of Antisemitism (2026) · cites this paper as Dundes 1966
Dundes declared that 'Man is no longer the mere passive end product of an evolutionary process.'
“Indeed, he declared,”
From Introduction: Folklore and Ethnology of Antisemitism (2026) · cites this paper as Dundes 1966
Dundes noted that human cultural agency and manipulation are 'part of a growing tendency among peoples with complex cultures to actively mold their cultures, instead of simply being passively molded by them.'
“Sharing with Joseph Jacobs the idea of new folklore emerging in modernity, he noted that human cultural agency and manipulation are”
From Introduction: Folklore and Ethnology of Antisemitism (2026) · cites this paper as Dundes 1966
Crediting Franz Boas after arrival in the United States with separating from his European disciplinary training in evolutionary approaches by examining present day functions of folklore, Dundes asserted that 'present-oriented American folklorists have become more and more interested in the dynamics of the use of folklore in particular situations' and in particular the significance of social上下文.
“Crediting Franz Boas after arrival in the United States with separating from his European disciplinary training in evolutionary approaches by examining present day functions of folklore, Dundes asserted that”
From Introduction: Folklore and Ethnology of Antisemitism (2026) · cites this paper as Dundes 1966
Dundes contrasted this view with that of nineteenth-century Europe, in which 'folklore was conceived as a historical science.'
“Dundes contrasted this view with that of nineteenth-century Europe, in which”
From Introduction: Folklore and Ethnology of Antisemitism (2026) · cites this paper as Dundes 1966
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- Authors
- Dundes, A.
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- Journal of the Folklore Institute
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- JSTOR
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- 1966-12
- Volume
- 3
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- 3
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- 226
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- 0015-5934
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