Exploring Anthropology Through Folklore and Mythology

Exploring Anthropology through Folklore and Mythology examines how people around the world express themselves culturally, and how these practices and performances provide a window into the diversity of human culture. It is an essential textbook for students making their first steps into folklore, anthropology and cultural studies.

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: Hardback
• Release: 23.06.2025
• EAN: 9781032942179
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3294217-9
• 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