Includes bibliographical references (pages 234-269) and indexes.
Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of figures; Series editor's foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction: scope and terminology; Theoretical perspectives; Some prior issues and practicalities; Collecting, recording and creating texts: preliminaries and mechanics; Observing and analysing performance; Production, functions and ideas; Genres and boundaries; Analysing and comparing texts: style, structure and content; Texts in process: translation, transcription and presentation; Ethics; References; Name index; Subject index.
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Provides up-to-date guidance on how to approach the study of oral forms and their performances, examining both the practicalities of fieldwork and the methods by which oral texts and performances can be observed, collected and analysed.
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Oral traditions and the verbal arts.
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Ethnology-- Fieldwork.
Ethnology-- Methodology.
Folklore-- Fieldwork.
Folklore-- Methodology.
Folklore-- Performance-- Research.
Oral tradition-- Research.
Ethnologie-- Méthodologie.
Ethnologie-- Recherche sur le terrain.
Folklore-- Interprétation-- Recherche.
Folklore-- Méthodologie.
Folklore-- Recherche sur le terrain.
Tradition orale-- Recherche.
Art de performance-- Recherche.
Ethnologie
Ethnologie-- Méthodologie.
Ethnologie-- Recherche sur le terrain.
Ethnology-- Fieldwork.
Ethnology-- Methodology.
Folklore-- Fieldwork.
Folklore-- Méthodologie.
Folklore-- Methodology.
Folklore-- Performance-- Research.
Folklore-- Recherche sur le terrain.
Littérature populaire.
Mondelinge overlevering.
Mündliche Literatur
Mündliche Überlieferung
Oral tradition-- Research.
POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Public Policy-- Cultural Policy.