Reflections on the Folklife Festival - An Ethnography of Participant Experience

These essays investigate the contention by supporters of these events that this form of folkloric representation is as intellectually legitimate as scholarly research.

About the author

RICHARD BAUMAN is Distinguished Professor of Folklore and Anthropology at Indiana University. Among his publications are Verbal Art as Performance; Story, Performance, and Event; and Folklore, Cultural Performances, and Popular Entertainments. PATRICIA SAWIN is a doctoral candidate in folklore at Indiana University. INTA GALE CARPENTER is Associate Director and Assistant Research Scholar at Indiana University Folklore Institute.

Summary

An ethnographic study of a folklife festival focuses on festival participants - those who cook, dance, tell stories, play music, or demonstrate crafts in a public display of folk culture.

Product details

• Authors: Richard Anderson, Richard Bauman, Inta G. Carpenter, Inta Gale Carpenter, etc., Patricia Sawin
• Publisher: Indiana University, Folklore Institute
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 22.09.1992
• EAN: 9781879407022
• ISBN: 978-1-879407-02-2
• No. of pages: 72
• Weight: 141 g
• Illustrations: 15 b&w photos
• Series: Special Publications of the Fo; Special Publications of the Folklore Institute, Indiana University
• Subjects: Guides > Spirituality > Ancient knowledge, ancient cultures; Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Miscellaneous; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Society; Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Folklore