Handbook of American Folklore (Midland Bks: No. 373)

Includes Material On Interpretation Methods And Presentation Of Research. Part I. Topics Of Research -- American Experiences -- 1 -- Colonizing A New Society / William D. Piersen 4 -- Finding The Way Home : The Interpretation Of American Indian Folklore / Elaine Jahner 11 -- The Unfulfilled Promise Of North American Indian Folklore / George Lankford 18 -- Afro-american Folk Music / Ronald R. Smith 24 -- The Westward Movement / Thomas D. Clark 32 -- Studying Immigrant And Ethnic Folklore / Barbara Kirshenblatt-gimblett 39 -- The Legacy Of Early Afro-american Folklore Scholarship / Adrienne Lanier Seward 48 -- American Cultural Myths 57 -- The Noble And Ignoble Savage / Wilcomb E. Washburn 60 -- Rags To Riches / Robert H. Walker 67 -- Fables Of Innocence / David W. Marcell 73 -- The Myth Of The American Adam / Giles Gunn 79 -- American Settings 86 -- In The Family Tradition / Amy J. Kotkin And Steven J. Zeitlin 90 -- A Family's Repertoire / Leonard Roberts 100 -- The Folklore Of Students / Ronald L. Baker 106 -- Office Folklore / Alan Dundes 115 -- Factory Folklore / Bruce E. Nickerson 121 -- Occupational Folklore : The Outdoor Industries / Robert Mitchell 128 -- The Folk Church : Institution, Event, Performance / William M. Clements 136 -- The Black Folk Church / William H. Wiggins, Jr. 145 -- Mormon Folklore / William A. Wilson 155 -- Urban Folklore / Gerald Warshaver 162 -- Suburban Folklore / Richard A. Reuss 172 -- Hanging Out : Recreational Folklore In Everyday Life / James P. Leary 178 -- Regional Folkloristics / William E. Lightfoot 183 -- The Southwest : A Regional Case Study / Marta Weigle 194 -- Regional Folk Speech And Sayings / Jan Harold Brunvand 201 -- The Study Of Regional Songs And Ballads / Edward D. Ives 208 -- Folklore, Social Conflict, And The United States-mexico Border / Jose E. Limon 216 -- Folklore Of The Canadian-american Border / Robert B. Klymasz 227 -- Americanization Of Folklore In U.s. Possessions And Territories / Robert Mitchell 233 -- American Entertainments 237 -- Festival In America / Beverly J. Stoeltje 239 -- Folklore On The American Stage / Robert C. Toll 247 -- American Sports And Folklore / Elizabeth Peterson 257 -- American Forms And Performers 265 -- Personal Experience Stories / Sandra K.d. Stahl 268 -- Conversational Genres / Sally Yerkovich 277 -- Folk Singers And Musicians / David Evans 282 -- Folktale Performers / Richard M. Dorson 287 -- Folk Craftsmen / John Michael Vlach 301 -- Folk Healers / David J. Hufford 306 -- Children's Folklore / John H. Mcdowell 314 -- Part Ii. Interpretation Of Research 323 -- A Historical Theory For American Folklore / Richard M. Dorson 326 -- How To Interpret American Folklore Historically / Lawrence W. Levine 338 -- Interpreting Folklore Ethnographically And Sociologically / Roger D. Abrahams 345 -- Interpreting Folklore Ideologically / Archie Green 351 -- Part Iii. Methods Of Research 359 -- The Field Study Of Folklore In Context / Richard Bauman 362 -- Collecting Musical Folklore And Folksong / D.k. Wilgus 369 -- Folkloristic Study Of The American Artifact : Objects And Objectives / Henry Glassie 376 -- Sound Recording And Still Photography In The Field / Carl Fleischhauer 384 -- Using A Folklore Archive / Janet Langlois And Philip Laronge 391 -- Using Video In The Field / Richard Blaustein 397 -- Folklore Research And Museums / William B. Moore 402 -- Studying American Folklore In Printed Sources / Francis A. De Caro 411 -- Studying Folklore And American Literature / Sandra K.d. Stahl 422 -- Sound Recordings, Use And Challenge / Archie Green 434 -- Studying American Folkloric Films / Sharon R. Sherman 441 -- Bibliographies And Indexes In American Folklore Research / Angela J. Maniak 447 -- Folklorists At Work : A Portfolio From The American Folklife Center / Carl Fleischhauer 452 -- Part Iv. Presentation Of Research 459 -- Teaching Folklore To Graduate Students : The Introductory Proseminar / Richard M. Dorson 463 -- Teaching Folklore In American Colleges And Universities / Ronald L. Baker 470 -- The Publication Of Research / Richard M. Dorson 478 -- Indexing A Folklore Collection : Balance, Flexibility, And The Empathizing Indexer / Michael Edward Bell 486 -- Developing A Folklore Archive / Joseph C. Hickerson 493 -- Organizing A Folklore Museum / Ormond H. Loomis 499 -- Filming The Folk / George Carey 507 -- Video In The Classroom And Community Outreach Projects / Richard Blaustein 513 -- Developing A State Folklife Program / Charles Camp 518 -- Folk Is A Four-letter Word : Dealing With Traditional * * * * In Fieldwork, Analysis, And Presentation / Rayna Green 525 -- Ethics And The Folklorist / Wm. Hugh Jansen 533. Edited By Richard M. Dorson ; Inta Gale Carpenter, Associate Editor ; Elizabeth Peterson, Angela Maniak, Assistant Editors ; With An Introduction By W. Edson Richmond. The Preparation Of This Book Was Supported By A Grant From The Research Materials Program Of The National Endowment For The Humanities (#rt-0623-76) From 1976 To 1982--t.p. Verso. Includes Index. Bibliography: P. 541-563.