Exploring Anthropology Through Folklore and Mythology

"Exploring Anthropology through Folklore and Mythology is a comprehensive textbook which examines how people around the world express themselves culturally, and how these practices and performances provide a window into the diversity of human culture. Using a genre-based approach, this book takes a globalized perspective and promotes intercultural exchange and understanding. It presents students with in-depth examples of a wide range of fascinating traditions, as well as the understanding of how such traditions are studied. In explicating these practices and performances, students will be introduced to the fundamentals in the study of human culture. Topics include myths, folktales, architecture, online folklore, festivals, rituals and celebrations. The book also provides an in-depth look at linking these foundations to field work including guides on observations and interviews. Exploring Anthropology through Folklore and Mythology offers a fascinating introduction towards understanding global cultural diversity, and is an essential textbook for students making their first steps into folklore, anthropology and cultural studies"-- Provided by publisher.

List of contents

Preface 1. Introducing Anthropology, Folklore, and Mythology 2. Rituals, Festivals, and Celebrations 3. Belief, Magic, and Superstition 4. Music, Dance, and Trance 5. Myth, Religion, and the Spirit World 6. Legends and Rumors 7. Tales, Fictions, and Things We Say 8. Material Culture And (Folk) Art 9. Studying Culture in the Internet Age Bibliography

About the author

Daniel Wojcik is Professor of Folklore and Public Culture Studies at the University of Oregon.
Tok Thompson is Professor of Anthropology and Communications at the University of Southern California.

Product details

• Authors: Tok Thompson, Tok Wojcik Thompson, Wojcik Daniel
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Release: 23.06.2025
• EAN: 9781032942186
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3294218-6
• No. of pages: 252
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries; History, Cultural Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Folklore & Mythology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Literature & literary studies, Humanities, Social and cultural anthropology, Biography, Literature and Literary studies