Folk Drama
Folk Drama - noncommercial, generally rural theater and pageantry based on folk traditions and local history. This form of drama, common throughout the world, declined in popularity in the West (although not in Asia) with the advent of printing, general literacy, and the increasing emphasis on the individual contribution to the drama of playwright, director, and actors. The mid-19th cent Read More...
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Folklore in America: Tales, Songs, Superstitions, Proverbs, Riddles, Games, Folk Drama and Folk Festivals
by Tristram P. Coffin, Hennig Cohen. 256 pgs.
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Seasonal Feasts and Festivals (Chap. IX "Folk Drama, Dances, and Festivals")
by E. O. James. 338 pgs.
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Aliens, Ghosts, and Cults: Legends We Live (Chap. 9 "Ostension as Folk Drama")
by Bill Ellis. 291 pgs.
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Between Preservation and Tourism: Folk Performing Arts in Contemporary Japan, in Asian Folklore Studies
by Hashimoto Hiroyuki. 11 pgs.
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Time Consciousness and Growing up in Bamana Folk Drama, in Journal of American Folklore
by James T. Brink. 20 pgs.
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