Folklore and Folklife: An Introduction

Describes The Characteristics Of Folk Cultures And Discusses The Procedures Used By Social Scientists To Study Folklife. Preface ; Concepts Of Folklore And Folklife Studies / Richard M. Dorson -- Folk Narrative / Linda Dégh -- Narrative Folk Poetry / W. Edson Richmond -- Folk Epic / Felix J. Oinas -- Proverbs And Proverbial Expressions / Roger D. Abrahams -- Riddles / Roger D. Abrahams And Alan Dundes -- Folk Speech / W. Edson Richmond -- Festivals And Celebrations / Robert J. Smith -- Recreations And Games / Robert A. Georges / Folk Medicine / Don Yoder -- Folk Religion / John C. Messenger -- Folk Crafts / Warren E. Roberts -- Folk Art / Henry Glassie -- Folk Architecture / Warren E. Roberts -- Folk Costume ; Folk Cookery / Don Yoder -- Folk Drama / Roger D. Abrahams -- Folk Music / George List -- Folk Dance / Joann Wheeler Kealiinohomoku -- Fieldwork : Collecting Oral Literature / Donald A. Macdonald -- Fieldwork : Recording Material Culture / Warren E. Roberts -- Fieldwork : Recording Traditional Music / George List -- Archiving / George List -- The Use Of Printed Sources / Richard M. Dorson -- Folk Atlas Mapping / Robert Wildhaber -- The Use Of Artifacts And Folk Art In The Folk Museum / J. Geraint Jenkins -- The Cultural Geographer And Folklife Research / E. Estyn Evans. Edited By Richard M. Dorson. Includes Bibliographies.