{"product_id":"a-companion-to-folklore-isbn-9781405194990","title":"A Companion to Folklore","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Companion to Folklore\u003c\/i\u003e contains an original and comprehensive set of essays from international experts in the field of folklore studies. This state-of-the-art collection uniquely displays the vitality of folklore research across the globe. The \u003ci\u003eCompanion\u003c\/i\u003e covers four main areas: the first section engages with the practices and theoretical approaches developed to understand the phenomena of folklore; the second discusses the distinctive shapes that folklore studies have taken in different locations in time and space; the third examines the interaction of folklore with various media, as well as folklore’s commoditization. In the final section on practice, essays offer insights into how folklorists work, what they do, and ways in which they have institutionalized their field. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThroughout, contributors investigate the interplay of folklore and folkloristics in both academic and political arenas; they evaluate key issues in the folk life of communities from around the world, including China, post-communist Russia, post-colonial India, South America, Israel and Japan. The result is a unique reflection and understanding of the profoundly different research histories and current perspectives on international research in the field. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNotes on Contributors viii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 1\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRegina F. Bendix and Galit Hasan-Rokem\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I Concepts and Phenomena 7\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Concepts and Phenomena 9\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRegina F. Bendix and Galit Hasan-Rokem\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 The Social Base of Folklore 13\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDorothy Noyes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Tradition Without End 40\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eFrancisco Vaz da Silva\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 The Poetics of Folklore 55\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAmy Shuman and Galit Hasan-Rokem\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Three Aspects of Oral Textuality 75\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ePeter Seitel Copyrighted Material\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Performance 94\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRichard Bauman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Myth-Ritual-Symbol 119\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eHagar Salamon and Harvey E. Goldberg\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Religious Practice 136\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eSabina Magliocco\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Work and Professions 154\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eGertraud Koch\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Material Culture 169\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eOrvar Löfgren\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II Location 185\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Location 187\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRegina F. Bendix and Galit Hasan-Rokem\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Translingual Folklore and Folklorics in China 190\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eLydia H. Liu\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Japan 211\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAkiko Mori\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 India 234\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eSadhana Naithani\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 Oceania 248\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ePhillip H. McArthur\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 Folklore and Folklore Studies in Latin America 265\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eFernando Fischman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 Folklore Studies in the United States 286\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eLee Haring and Regina F. Bendix\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 Dancing Around Folklore: Constructing a National Culture in Turkey 305\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eArzu Öztürkmen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 Folklore Studies In Israel 325\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDani Schrire and Galit Hasan-Rokem\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 Fulani (Peul, Fulfulde, Pulaar) Literature 349\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eUrsula Baumgardt\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19 From Volkskunde to the “Field of Many Names”: Folklore Studies in German-Speaking Europe Since 1945 364\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRegina F. Bendix\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20 Finland 391\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eLauri Harvilahti\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21 Ireland 409\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDiarmud O’Giollain\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22 Russia 426\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAlexander Panchenko\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III Reflection 443\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Reflection 445\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRegina F. Bendix and Galit Hasan-Rokem\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e23 Folklore and Literature 447\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eCristina Bacchilega\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e24 Folklore and\/in Music 464\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eStephen D. Winick\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e25 Folklore and\/on Film 483\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ePauline Greenhill\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e26 Cultural Heritage 500\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eValdimar T. Hafstein\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e27 Cultural Property 520\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMartin Skrydstrup\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e28 Folklore: Legal and Constitutional Power 537\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAlison Dundes Renteln\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV Practice 555\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Practice\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRegina F. Bendix and Galit Hasan-Rokem 557\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e29 Seeing, Hearing, Feeling, Writing: Approaches and Methods from the Perspective of Ethnological Analysis of the Present 559\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eBrigitta Schmidt-Lauber\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e30 Imagining Public Folklore 579\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDebora Kodish\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e31 The Institutionalization of Folklore 598\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eBjarne Rogan \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 631\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Covering information across time periods and continents, this truly is a multicultural and multidisciplinary approach to folklore studies.\"  (\u003ci\u003eAmerican Reference Books Annual\u003c\/i\u003e, 1 November 2015)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“This 660-page anthology is important, containing thirty-six essays by thirty-three scholars, who represent different countries and approaches to the study of folklore.”  (\u003ci\u003eJournal of the Royal Anthropological Institute\u003c\/i\u003e, 1 March 2014)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“A Companion to Folkloreis nothing if not international, and this quality alone distinguishes it from most earlier reference works and makes it an important resource for the field.”  (\u003ci\u003eWestern Folklore\u003c\/i\u003e, 1 May 2013\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“If so, we will have gained tremendously through the one-time exposure that this high-profile, and intellectually rich, project will have provided us, as well as from the technical and political-economic lessons that it can teach us. These are among the upsides, for which I am very grateful. At a simple level, I am tremendously appreciative of the work undertaken by the editors and for the gift of a review copy, which I know I will be consulting constantly in the years ahead.”  (\u003ci\u003eJournal of Folklore Research\u003c\/i\u003e, 3 April 2013)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNamed CHOICE Outstanding Title for 2012\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e “Nearly all college and university libraries will want this book.  Summing Up: Essential.  All academic levels\/libraries.”  (\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e, 1 November 2012)\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Editors\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRegina Bendix\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Cultural Anthropology\/European Ethnology at Georg-August-University in Göttingen, Germany, and serves as co-editor of \u003ci\u003eEthnologia Europaea\u003c\/i\u003e. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eIn Search of Authenticity\u003c\/i\u003e, and has co-edited \u003ci\u003ePrädikat Heritage\u003c\/i\u003e (with Dorothee Hemme and Markus Tauschek), \u003ci\u003eCultural Property: Forschungsperspektiven\u003c\/i\u003e (with Kilian Bizer and Stefan Groth), and \u003ci\u003eCulture and Property\u003c\/i\u003e (Special Issue of \u003ci\u003eEthnologia Europaea\u003c\/i\u003e, co-edited with Valdimar Hafstein). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGalit Hasan-Rokem\u003c\/b\u003e is Max and Margarethe Grunwald Professor of Folklore, and Professor of Hebrew Literature at the Mandel Institute of Jewish Studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eWeb of Life: Folklore and Midrash in Rabbinic Literature\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eTales of the Neighborhood: Jewish Narrative Dialogues in Late Antiquity\u003c\/i\u003e. She is a published poet in Hebrew and translation and has co-edited \u003ci\u003eThe Wandering Jew: Interpretations of a Christian Legend\u003c\/i\u003e (with A. Dundes).   \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Companion to Folklore\u003c\/i\u003e contains an original and comprehensive set of essays from international experts in the field of folklore studies. This state-of-the-art collection uniquely displays the vitality of folklore research across the globe. The \u003ci\u003eCompanion\u003c\/i\u003e covers four main areas: the first section engages with the practices and theoretical approaches developed to understand the phenomena of folklore; the second discusses the distinctive shapes that folklore studies have taken in different locations in time and space; the third examines the interaction of folklore with various media, as well as folklore’s commoditization. In the final section on practice, essays offer insights into how folklorists work, what they do, and ways in which they have institutionalized their field. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThroughout, contributors investigate the interplay of folklore and folkloristics in both academic and political arenas; they evaluate key issues in the folk life of communities from around the world, including China, post-communist Russia, post-colonial India, South America, Israel and Japan. The result is a unique reflection and understanding of the profoundly different research histories and current perspectives on international research in the field.   “This book presents challenging and inspiring essays about a field that is often misconceived as the harbor of tradition. The volume succeeds in representing folklore as a vital component of human existence and folkloristics as an indispensable discipline within the humanities.”\u003cbr\u003e -  \u003ci\u003eProf. Dr. Ulrich Marzolph, Enzyklopädie des Märchens, Göttingen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e   \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Magisterial, engaging, smart, and always thought-provoking, A Companion to Folklore both reflects and will help shape the broad and increasingly interdisciplinary ambit - and promise - of the field.”\u003cbr\u003e - \u003ci\u003eDon Brenneis, University of California, Santa Cruz\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"This comprehensive companion to folklore represents the best recent work and an exciting vision of what folklore can offer other disciplines.\"\u003cbr\u003e - \u003ci\u003eBarbara Kirshenblatt Gimblett, New York University\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Magisterial in its scope at bursting at every seam with information, Bendix and Hasan-Rokem's Companion to Folklore will spark a rich transnational conversation regarding future directions for folkloristics.\"\u003cbr\u003e - \u003ci\u003eCharles L. 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