Folklore Concepts
Histories and Critiques
By defining folklore as artistic communication in small groups, Dan Ben-Amos led the discipline of Folklore in new directions. In Folklore Concepts, Henry Glassie and Elliott Oring have curated a selection of Ben-Amos's groundbreaking essays that explore folklore as a category in cultural communication and as a subject of scholarly research. Ben-Amos's work is well-known for sparking lively debate that often centers on why his definition intrinsically acknowledges tradition rather than expresses its connection forthright. Without tradition among people, there would be no art or communication, and tradition cannot accomplish anything on its ow…
Mehr
CHF 43.20
Preise inkl. MwSt. und Versandkosten (Portofrei ab CHF 40.00)
Versandkostenfrei
Produktdetails
Weitere Autoren: Glassie, Henry (Hrsg.) / Oring, Elliott (Hrsg.)
- ISBN: 978-0-253-05244-5
- EAN: 9780253052445
- Produktnummer: 34461488
- Verlag: Indiana University Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2020
- Seitenangabe: 260 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 1'027 KB
- Abbildungen: 2 b&w tables
Über den Autor
Dan Ben-Amos is Professor of Folklore and Comparative Literature in the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations at the University of Pennsylvania. He is author of numerous titles, including Sweet Words, Folklore in Context, Jewish Folk Literature; translator of In Praise of the Baal Shem Tov (with Jerome Mintz); and editor of Folklore: Performance and Communication (with Kenneth S. Goldstein), Folklore Genres, and volumes 1 through 3 of Folktales of the Jews. He is also editor of the Rafael Patai Series in Jewish Folklore and Anthropology at Wayne State University Press.
13 weitere Werke von Dan Ben-Amos:
Bewertungen
Anmelden