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American folklore :

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American folklore :

[Book]

an encyclopedia /

edited by Jan Harold Brunvand.

New York :

Garland Pub.,

1996.

xviii, 794 pages :

illustrations, portraits ;

29 cm.

Garland reference library of the humanities ;

vol. 1551

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Academe, folklore of -- Academic programs in folklore -- Adirondacks -- African Americans -- Aging, folklore and -- American Folklore Center -- American Folklore scholarship : early years -- American Folklore Society -- American studies and folklore -- Anansi -- Anecdote -- Anglo Americans -- Animals -- Anniversaries -- Anthropological approach -- Anti-legend -- Appalachia -- Applied folklore -- April fool's day -- Architecture, vernacular -- Archive of folk culture -- Archives, folklore -- Art, folk -- Auctions -- Autoharp -- Ballad -- Baltic peoples in U.S. -- Banjo -- -- Baseball -- Basketmaking -- Basque Americans -- Berea College -- Bigfoot -- Bikers -- Billy the Kid -- Birders -- Birthdays -- Black English -- Blacksmithing -- Bluegrass -- Blues -- Boast -- Boatbuilding -- Bodylore -- Breakdancing -- Bunyan, Paul -- Cadence chant -- Cajuns -- Camplore -- Canadian folklore (Anglophone) -- Canadian folklore scholarship -- Canadian studies and folklore -- Canal lore -- Catfish -- Cemeteries -- Center for the Study of Southern Culture -- Chanteys -- Children -- Chinese Americans -- Christmas -- City lore -- Civil War -- Coding in American folk culture -- Cold War -- Columbus Day -- Comparative approach -- Computer folklore -- Con artist -- Conjunto music -- Conspiracy theories -- Contextual approach -- Corridos -- Costume, folk -- Country music -- Cousin Jack stories -- Cow tipping -- Cowboy poetry -- Cowboys -- Coyote -- Crafts -- Crimelore -- Crockett, Davy Cults -- Cultural conservation -- Cultural landscape -- Cultural studies -- Curanderos -- Cursing -- Custom -- Dance, folk -- Deaf folklore -- Dialect story -- Disaster folklore -- Dowsing -- Dozens -- Drama, folk -- Dulcimer -- Dutch Americans -- Easter -- Education, folklife in -- Elvis -- Empowerment -- Epitaph -- Esoteric / exoteric factor in folklore -- Ethics in folklore research -- Ethnic folklore -- Ethnic stereotypes -- Ethnomusicology -- [entries continue through letter Z (Zydeco)].

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"The range of general topics covered runs from traditional areas like folklore scholarship, film and folklore, [etc.] ... to such leading-edge topics as bodylore, coding in American folk culture, cultural studies, computer folklore, empowerment, organizational folklore, and postmodernism."--Preface.

Folklore-- North America, Encyclopedias.

Folklore-- Canada, Encyclopedias.

Folklore-- North America, Encyclopedias.

Folklore-- United States, Encyclopedias.

Folklore-- Amřique du Nord-- Encyclopďies.

Folklore-- États-Unis-- Encyclopédies.

Folklore.

Manners and customs.

Volkscultuur.

North America, Social life and customs, Encyclopedias.

Amřique du Nord, Moeurs et coutumes, Encyclopďies.

North America.

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