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Companion to Folklore Hardcover - 2012 - 1st Edition

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Author: Bendix, Regina F./ Hasan-Rokem, Galit
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A Companion to Folklore presents an original and comprehensive collection of essays from international experts in the field of folklore studies. Unprecedented in depth and scope, this state-of-the-art collection uniquely displays the vitality of folklore research across the globe.

An unprecedented collection of original, state of the art essays on folklore authored by international experts
Examines the practices and theoretical approaches developed to understand the phenomena of folklore
Considers folklore in the context of multi-disciplinary topics that include poetics, performance, religious practice, myth, ritual and symbol, oral textuality, history, law, politics and power as well as the social base of folklore
Selected by Choice as a 2013 Outstanding Academic Title

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A Companion to Folklore contains an original and comprehensive set of essays from international experts in the field of folklore studies. This state-of-the-art collection uniquely displays the vitality of folklore research across the globe.

The Companion covers four main areas: the first section engages with the practices and theoretical approaches developed to understand the phenomena of folklore; the second discusses the distinctive shapes that folklore studies have taken in different locations in time and space; the third examines the interaction of folklore with various media, as well as folklore's commodification. In the final section on practice, essays offer insights into how folklorists work, what they do, and ways in which they have institutionalized their field.

Throughout, contributors investigate the interplay of folklore and folkloristics in both academic and political arenas; they evaluate key issues in the folk life of communities from around the world, including China, post-communist Russia, post-colonial India, South America, Israel and Japan. The result is a unique reflection and understanding of the profoundly different research histories and current perspectives on international research in the field.

Details

Title Companion to Folklore
Author Regina F. Bendix (Editor); Galit Hasan-Rokem (Editor)
Binding Hardcover
Edition number 1st
Edition 1
Pages 680
Volumes 1
Language ENG
Publisher Wiley-Blackwell
Date 2012-04-23
Illustrated Yes
Features Bibliography, Dust Cover, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents
ISBN 9781405194990 / 1405194995
Weight 2.55 lbs (1.16 kg)
Dimensions 9.8 x 6.9 x 1.5 in (24.89 x 17.53 x 3.81 cm)
Library of Congress subjects Folklore - Study and teaching, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural
Library of Congress Catalog Number 2011036434
Dewey Decimal Code 398.2

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About the author

Regina Bendix is Professor of Cultural Anthropology/European Ethnology at Georg-August-University in Gttingen, Germany. She is the author of In Search of Authenticity, and has co-edited Prdikat Heritage (with Dorothee Hemme and Markus Tauschek), Cultural Property: Forschungsperspektiven (with Kilian Bizer and Stefan Groth), and Culture and Property (Special Issue of Ethnologia Europaea, co-edited with Valdimar Hafstein).

Galit Hasan-Rokem is Max and Margarethe Grunwald Professor of Folklore, and Professor of Hebrew Literature at the Mandel Institute of Jewish Studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. She is the author of Web of Life: Folklore and Midrash in Rabbinic Literature, and Tales of the Neighborhood: Jewish Narrative Dialogues in Late Antiquity. She is a published poet in Hebrew and translation and has co-edited The Defiant Muse: Hebrew Feminist Poems from Antiquity to the Present: A Bilingual Anthology (with Shirley Kaufman and Tamar Hess).