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Informationen zum Autor The Editors Regina Bendix is Professor of Cultural Anthropology/European Ethnology at Georg-August-University in Göttingen, Germany, and serves as co-editor of Ethnologia Europaea . She is the author of In Search of Authenticity , and has co-edited Prädikat 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 Wandering Jew: Interpretations of a Christian Legend (with A. Dundes). Klappentext 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 Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis Notes on Contributors viii Introduction 1 Regina F. Bendix and Galit Hasan-Rokem Part I Concepts and Phenomena 7 Introduction: Concepts and Phenomena 9 Regina F. Bendix and Galit Hasan-Rokem 1 The Social Base of Folklore 13 Dorothy Noyes 2 Tradition Without End 40 Francisco Vaz da Silva 3 The Poetics of Folklore 55 Amy Shuman and Galit Hasan-Rokem 4 Three Aspects of Oral Textuality 75 Peter Seitel Copyrighted Material 5 Performance 94 Richard Bauman 6 Myth-Ritual-Symbol 119 Hagar Salamon and Harvey E. Goldberg 7 Religious Practice 136 Sabina Magliocco 8 Work and Professions 154 Gertraud Koch 9 Material Culture 169 Orvar Löfgren Part II Location 185 Introduction: Location 187 Regina F. Bendix and Galit Hasan-Rokem 10 Translingual Folklore and Folklorics in China 190 Lydia H. Liu 11 Japan 211 Akiko Mori 12 India 234 Sadhana Naithani 13 Oceania 248 Phillip H. McArthur 14 Folklore and Folklore Studies in Latin America 265 Fernando Fischman 15 Folklore Studies in the United States 286 Lee Haring and Regina F. Bendix 16 Dancing Around Folklore: Constructing a National Culture in Turkey 305 Arzu Öztürkmen 17 Folklore Studies In Israel 325 Dani Schrire and Galit Hasan-Rokem 18 Fulani (Peul, Fulfulde, Pulaar) Literature 349 Ursula Baumgardt 19 From Volkskunde to the "Field of Many Names": Folklore Studies in German-Speaking Europe Since 1945 364 Regin...
List of contents
Notes on Contributors
Introduction (Regina F. Bendix and Galit Hasan-Rokem)
Part I: Concepts and Phenomena
Part II: Location
Part III: Reflection
Part IV: Practice
Index
Report
"This 660-page anthology is important, containing thirty-six essays by thirty-three scholars, who represent different countries and approaches to the study of folklore." ( Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute , 1 March 2014)
"A Companion to Folkloreis nothing if not international, and this quality alone distinguishes it from most earlier reference works and makes it an important resource for the field." ( Western Folklore , 1 May 2013
"If so, we will have gained tremendously through the one-time exposure that this high-profile, and intellectually rich, project will have provided us, as well as from the technical and political-economic lessons that it can teach us. These are among the upsides, for which I am very grateful. At a simple level, I am tremendously appreciative of the work undertaken by the editors and for the gift of a review copy, which I know I will be consulting constantly in the years ahead." ( Journal of Folklore Research , 3 April 2013)
Named CHOICE Outstanding Title for 2012
"Nearly all college and university libraries will want this book. Summing Up: Essential. All academic levels/libraries." ( Choice , 1 November 2012)
