Linda Dégh

Legend and Belief: Dialectics of a Folklore Genre

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Produktbeschreibung

95 s / £38.00

Produktdetails

• Verlag: INDIANA UNIV PR
• Seitenzahl: 512
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. November 2001
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 168mm x 45mm
• Gewicht: 975g
• ISBN-13: 9780253339294
• ISBN-10: 0253339294
• Artikelnr.: 21567656

Autorenporträt

Linda Dégh, Distinguished Professor Emerita of Folklore at Indiana University, is a folklorist/ethnologist whose speciality is the analysis of personally observed creative processes of narration in both traditional and modern communities of Europe and North America. Her numerous publications include Four Lives: People in the Tobacco Belt, Folktales and Society, American Folklore and the Mass Media, and Narratives in Society.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents
1. The Topic, Purpose, and Destination of this Book
2. Is There a Definition for the Legend?
3. Legend as Text in Context
4. Legend Tellers
5. The Landscape and the Climate of the Legend
6. Text Contextualized and Processed
Notes
Bibliography
Index