American Folklore: An Encyclopedia (Garland Reference Library of the Humanities) - Hardcover

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ISBN 10: 0815307519 ISBN 13: 9780815307518

Verlag: Routledge, 1996

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Contains over 500 articles
Ranging over foodways and folksongs, quiltmaking and computer lore, Pecos Bill, Butch Cassidy, and Elvis sightings, more than 500 articles spotlight folk literature, music, and crafts; sports and holidays; tall tales and legendary figures; genres and forms; scholarly approaches and theories; regions and ethnic groups; performers and collectors; writers and scholars; religious beliefs and practices. The alphabetically arranged entries vary from concise definitions to detailed surveys, each accompanied by a brief, up-to-date bibliography.
Special features
*More than 2000 contributors
*Over 500 articles spotlight folk literature, music, crafts, and more
*Alphabetically arranged
*Entries accompanied by up-to-date bibliographies
*Edited by America's best-known folklore authority

Biografía del autor:

Jan Harold Brunvand, author of the standard text-book he Study of American Folklore, Third Edition (1986), is best known for his collections of urban legends, among them The Vanishing Hitchhiker (1981), he Choking Doberman (1984), and Curses' Broiled Again!(1989). He has been a syndicated columnist and has appeared on national television.

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• Verlag: Routledge
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0815307519
• ISBN 13: 9780815307518
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 812
• Herausgeber: Brunvand Jan Harold