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Contains over 500 articles Ranging 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. Special features *More than 2000 contributors *Over 500 articles spotlight folk literature, music, crafts, and more *Alphabetically arranged *Entries accompanied by up-to-date bibliographies *Edited by America's best-known folklore authority

Book details

Book category Books in English Society & social sciences Society & culture: general Popular beliefs & controversial knowledge

• Full title: American Folklore
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 812
• EAN: 9780815333500
• ISBN: 9780815333500
• ID: 06669313
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Inc
• Weight: 1990 g
• Dimensions: 278 × 206 × 47 mm
• Date of publishing: 01. September 1998

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