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Books on: north american folklore

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Native American Folklore in Nineteenth-Century Periodicals

Book by William M. Clements; Swallow Press, 1986

Subjects:

Folklore--North America, Indians Of North America--Folklore

Collections: History, Entire Library

...Data Native American folklore in nineteenth-century...Indians of North America--Folklore...228-229; and "North American Indian Folklore Studies...the Natives of North America," Journal of American Folklore , 4 1891...
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Edward S. Curtis and the North American Indian Project in the Field

Book by Mick Gidley; University of Nebraska Press, 2003

Subjects:

Curtis, Edward S.--1868-1952, Curtis, Edward S.--1868-1952--North American Indian, Indians Of North America--Pictorial Works, Indians Of North America--Portraits

Collections: History, Entire Library

...collected masses of folklore data, including phonographic...published volumes of The North American Indian, especially during...organization, myth and folklore, history, vocabulary...treated in volumes of The North American Indian. To give some...
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Our Living Traditions: An Introduction to American Folklore

Book by Tristram Potter Coffin; Basic Books, 1968

Subjects:

Folklore--United States, United States--Social Life And Customs

Collections: Entire Library

...Journal of American Folklore 1958...Ballad in North America...Morphology of North American Indian Folktales...Study of Folklore 1965...President of the American Folklore Society from...President for North America of...
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American Folklore and the Mass Media

Book by Linda Dégh; Indiana University Press, 1994

Subjects:

Folklore--United States, Mass Media--United States, Popular Culture--United States

Collections: Entire Library

...Degh, General Editor AMERICAN FOLKLORE AND THE MASS MEDIA...University Press 601 North Morton Street Bloomington...Data Degh, Linda. American folklore and the mass media...learned much about American folklore, its creators, communicators...
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Juneteenth Texas: Essays in African-American Folklore

Book by Francis Edward Abernethy; University of North Texas Press, 1996

Subjects:

African Americans--Texas--Folklore, African Americans--Texas--Social Life And Customs, Folklore--Texas

Collections: Entire Library

Juneteenth Texas reflects the many dimensions of African-American folklore. The personal essays are reminiscences about the past and are written from both black and white perspectives. They are followed by essays which classify and describe different aspects of African-American folk culture in ...
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Juneteenth Texas reflects the many dimensions of African-American folklore. The personal essays are reminiscences about the past and are written from both black and white perspectives. They are followed by essays which classify and describe different aspects of African-American folk culture in Texas; studies of specific genres of folklore, such as songs and stories; studies of specific performers, such as Lightnin' Hopkins and Manse Lipscomb and of particular folklorists who were important in the collecting of African-American folklore, such as J. Mason Brewer; and a section giving resources for the further study of African Americans in Texas.
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Journal Articles on: north american folklore

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Folklore and Folklife Studies in American and Canadian Colleges and Universities

Journal article by Ronald L. Baker; Journal of American Folklore, Vol. 99, 1986

Subjects:

Folklore, Folklore--United States, Manners And Customs, United States--Social Life And Customs

Collections: Entire Library

...study of folklore and folklife...to grow in North American colleges...degree in American Studies...concentration in folklore. At all...programs in North America...shows that folklore continues...discipline in North American colleges...
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"Neither a Man nor a Maid": Sexualities and Gendered Meanings in Cross-Dressing Ballads

Journal article by Pauline Greenhill; Journal of American Folklore, Vol. 108, 1995

Subjects:

Folklore, Folklore--United States, Manners And Customs, United States--Social Life And Customs

Collections: Entire Library

...1995 , American Folklore Society. and...heterosexism of Euro-North American society...northeastern North American song tradition...nothing in the folklore tradition as...seen, British or North American, have the line...
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Art

Journal article by Gerald L. Pocius; Journal of American Folklore, Vol. 108, 1995

Subjects:

Folklore, Folklore--United States, Manners And Customs, United States--Social Life And Customs

Collections: Entire Library

...1 And up until the 1940s, North American folklorists primarily studied...recent index of the Journal of American Folklore , for example, considers the...Dan Ben-Amos, pp. 193-214. American Folklore Society Bibliographical and...
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Style Guide and Information for Contributors to the Journal of American Folklore

Journal article by Bruce Jackson; Journal of American Folklore, Vol. 99, 1986

Subjects:

Folklore, Folklore--United States, Manners And Customs, United States--Social Life And Customs

Collections: Entire Library

...and Notes on the Manners, Customs, and Conditions of North American Indians , Vol. II. New York: Dover. (In the text...Generic Distinctions in the Aggadah . Studies in Jewish Folklore: Pro ceedings of a Regional Conference of the Association...
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The Day of the Dead, Halloween, and the Quest for Mexican National Identity

Journal article by Stanley Brandes; Journal of American Folklore, Vol. 11, 1998

Subjects:

Folklore, Folklore--United States, Manners And Customs, United States--Social Life And Customs

Collections: Entire Library

...security measure. The North American Star , a newspaper...different from either the North American or European views...American Star. 1847 . North American Star , November 2...Journal of American Folklore 30:495-496. Paz...

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Magazine Articles on: north american folklore

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North Korea Diary

Magazine article by Hugh Deane; Monthly Review, Vol. 49, April 1998

Subjects:

Freedom of religion--North Korea, Housing--North Korea, P'yongyang, North Korea--Social aspects, Women--Social aspects

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...enabled to become so in large part by American bombs. By northern count, the Air Force...trams take people to and from work. North Koreas serious plight is not visible in...through the Korean history museum and folklore museum. They make evident to observers...
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Roots and Folklore: Episodes in the Development of American Folk Music

Magazine article by Gene Santoro; The Nation, Vol. 253, October 21, 1991

Subjects:

Sound recordings, Sound recordings--Sound recording reviews

Collections: Entire Library

...his own right; his five-album series Roots and Folklore. Episodes in the Development of American Folk Music (Black Saint/ Gramavision) was one...Russell will be doing a few rare dates around North America, starting with the Victoriaville jazz...
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The Food and Folklore of a Mexican State

Magazine article by Habeeb Salloum; Contemporary Review, Vol. 270, June 1997

Subjects:

Cookery, Mexican--Appreciation, Oaxaca, Mexico--Food and nutrition

Collections: Entire Library

...in its food, Oaxaca reflects Mexican folklore at its best. For years, I had been enthralled...audience - mostly to tourists. Emilio, an American visitor sitting beside me, caught a hand-carved...stone structure, situated near the Pan-American Highway on the exact spot, overlooking...
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Paradise North: New York Stage and Film Creates a Community at Vassar

Magazine article by Stephanie Coen; American Theatre, Vol. 14, January 1997

Subjects:

New York Stage and Film Company--Management, Theater--Study and teaching, Vassar College--Curricula

Collections: Entire Library

Paradise north: New York Stage and Film creates a community at Vassar. by Stephanie...had worked with Clifford Odets, and so was brought up on Group Theatre folklore - set off with two colleagues, actor Mark Linn-Baker and producer Leslie...
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Germany's Fairy-Tale Road - to See the Places That Inspired the Grimm Brothers' Fairy Tales, Take the Deutsche Merchenstrasse near Frankfurt and Travel Some Four Hundred Miles North to Bremen

Magazine article by Lucy Gordan; World and I, Vol. 17, September 2002

Subjects:

German folk literature, Germany--Description and travel, Grimm Brothers--Criticism and interpretation

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...the Grimms studied law and started their folklore research, I spent a night in Schwalmstadt...mementos of his adventurous life. Farther north on the banks of the Weser, Hameln (or...contemporary Pied Piper, Michael Boyer, an American by birth who works as a tour guide and...

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Newspaper Articles on: north american folklore

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Blue as the Grass; BILLY KENNEDY Reports on the Rich Musical Traditions Transported across the Atlantic by 18th Century Ulster-Scots Immigrants - Music That Has Now Become Part of American Folklore

Newspaper article by Billy Kennedy; The News Letter (Belfast, Northern Ireland), May 5, 1999

Subjects:

Kentucky

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Has Now Become Part of American Folklore. by Billy Kennedy...states of Tennessee, North Carolina, Virginia and...established with the wider American public in the 1940s...national celebrity in American country music. He was...
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Did the Underground Railroad Stop Here? Folklore Suggests So, but Historians Struggle to Prove It

Newspaper article by Tara Malone; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), February 7, 2006

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Elgins Black History." And facts, not folklore, experts say, must drive efforts to preserve...in 1865, a stream of slaves journeyed north. They left states such as Kentucky and...department. "Its had a huge impact on American history." "Certainly now its part of the...
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Scots-Irish Heroes of the Wild West; Indian Fighters Enjoy a Celebrated Place in the Folklore of the American Frontier. BILLY KENNEDY Looks Back on the Daring Exploits of Three Such Heroes - "KIT" CARSON, ROBERT CAMPBELL and "BIG FOOT" WALLACE

Newspaper article; The News Letter (Belfast, Northern Ireland), January 22, 2001

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Celebrated Place in the Folklore of the American Frontier. BILLY...century. Born in the north of Ireland in 1804...in the Mexican-American War, and later...emigrated from the north of Ireland with...Mexico and a leading American author. Lew Wallace...
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Life on the Ocean Wave; Shipping Has Played a Vital Role in the Defence and Economy of North Wales. Our Waters Have Borne Many a Fine Vessel: In Wartime Defending Our Shores; in Peacetime for Training Exercises; on Royal Visits and Rescues and for Fishing, Industry and Leisure. Here, We Pay Tribute to a Slice of Maritime Life

Newspaper article; Daily Post (Liverpool, England), November 15, 2005

Subjects:

Defense industry--Economic aspects, Economic conditions, Fish industry--Economic aspects, Fisheries--Economic aspects, Leisure industry--Economic aspects

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...with his place in maritime folklore assured. Not that he would...down in heavy seas 20 miles north of Point Lynas. The two crews...But the vessel, formerly an American wartime "Sam" boat, encountered...Wynne Joness book Shipwrecks of North Wales Shipping boasts colourful...
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Blings Not the Thing; A 22-Year-Old North Londoner without a Record Deal Beat 50 Cent to Best Hip Hop Award at Last Night's Mobos. There's More to Urban Music Than Girls, Gold and Guns, Says Sway

Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), September 23, 2005

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Best Hip Hop Act gong to a 22-year-old north Londoner who doesnt even have a record...just took time and frustration. Plus the Americans have helped the British scene because...Hornsey loving West African music and folklore as much as the rap, R B and dancehall...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: north american folklore

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Native American Music

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...languages . See F. Densmore, The American Indians and Their Music (rev. ed. 1936); C. Kaywood, A Bibliography of North American Folklore and Folksong (1951); C. Hofman, American Indians Sing (1967); and many books by F. Densmore on music of individual...
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North Carolina, University Of

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...university press and institutes for research in folklore, the natural sciences, fisheries, statistics, and Latin American studies. The Raleigh campus has an outstanding...been part of the Consolidated Univ. of North Carolina, which includes nine other universities...
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Honeysuckle

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...those of the common North American elder ( S. canadensis...figured prominently in folklore of N Europe. Among the...prunifolium ), of E North America; the straggling-branched...tree ( V. opulus; the American plants are sometimes...
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Lemming

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...drown. This behavior has given rise to folklore about lemmings committing mass suicide...in the northern portions of Eurasia and North America and sometimes exhibit similar...properly classified as voles; the North American species of this genus, Lagarus curtatus...
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Folktale

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Hare of the Native North Americans); the fable pointing...imaginary beasts in folklore ; elf ; fairy...V. O. Binner, American Folktales (1966...Treasury of African Folklore (1975), A Treasury of Afro-American Folklore (1976), and The...

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