Western Folklore

Author : Benjamin Albert Botkin
Publisher : Random House Value Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780517052945
Total Pages : 648 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Treasury of Western Folklore written by Benjamin Albert Botkin and published by Random House Value Publishing. This book was released on 1990 with total page 648 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The stories, legends, tall tales, traditions, ballads and songs of the people of the Great Plains and Far West"--Jacket subtitle.

Author : Outlet
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780517336489
Total Pages : 646 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Treasury of Western Folklore written by Outlet and published by . This book was released on 1988-12 with total page 646 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Barre Toelken
Publisher : "O'Reilly Media, Inc."
ISBN 13 : 1457180715
Total Pages : 736 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Dynamics of Folklore written by Barre Toelken and published by "O'Reilly Media, Inc.". This book was released on 2013-02-01 with total page 736 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the most comprehensive and widely praised introductions to folklore ever written. Toelken's discussion of the history and meaning of folklore is delivered in straightforward language, easily understood definitions, and a wealth of insightful and entertaining examples. Toelken emphasizes dynamism and variety in the vast array of folk expressions he examines, from "the biology of folklore," to occupational and ethnic lore, food ways, holidays, personal experience narratives, ballads, myths, proverbs, jokes, crafts, and others. Chapters are followed by bibliographical essays, and over 100 photographs illustrate the text. This new edition is accessible to all levels of folklore study and an essential text for classroom instruction.

Author : Richard Erdoes
Publisher : Pantheon
ISBN 13 : 0307801616
Total Pages : 464 pages
Book Rating : 4.16/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Legends and Tales of the American West written by Richard Erdoes and published by Pantheon. This book was released on 2011-07-20 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Davy Crockett, Wild Bill Hickok, and Calamity Jane to Paul Bunyan, Pecos Bill, and Frank and Jesse James, here are more than 130 colorful stories of the pioneers, cowboys, outlaws, gamblers, prospectors, and lawmen who settled the wild west, creating a uniquely American hero and an enduringly fascinating folk mythology. In this wonderfully boisterous treasury of tall tales, everyone and everything is larger than life and bragging is elevated into an art form. Many of these stories are of real people and real events; more than a few, however, grew taller and funnier as they made their rounds from wagon train to campfire to rodeo to miners' quarters. But even if it is far from established that Daniel Boone and Davy Crockett were able to kill three men with one bullet or subdue ferocious grizzly bears with their fists, they come vividly to life here as beloved characters who have become part of the fabric of the American imagination. With black-and white illustrations throughout Part of the Pantheon Fairy Tale and Folklore Library

Author : Benjamin Albert Botkin
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 842 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Treasury of Western Folklore written by Benjamin Albert Botkin and published by . This book was released on 1951 with total page 842 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Folk tales and song lyrics of the Old West of the United States. Divided into parts: The Western brand, "Fresh Deal All Aroun", Queer Country, Westward Journey, Taming the West, "Law and Order, Ltd.", The Changing West, Western Story-Tellers, Western Songs and Ballads.

Author : Barre Toelken
Publisher : University Press of Colorado
ISBN 13 : 0874214750
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Anguish Of Snails written by Barre Toelken and published by University Press of Colorado. This book was released on 2003-12-01 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After a career working and living with American Indians and studying their traditions, Barre Toelken has written this sweeping study of Native American folklore in the West. Within a framework of performance theory, cultural worldview, and collaborative research, he examines Native American visual arts, dance, oral tradition (story and song), humor, and patterns of thinking and discovery to demonstrate what can be gleaned from Indian traditions by Natives and non-Natives alike. In the process he considers popular distortions of Indian beliefs, demystifies many traditions by showing how they can be comprehended within their cultural contexts, considers why some aspects of Native American life are not meant to be understood by or shared with outsiders, and emphasizes how much can be learned through sensitivity to and awareness of cultural values. Winner of the 2004 Chicago Folklore Prize, The Anguish of Snails is an essential work for the collection of any serious reader in folklore or Native American studies.

Author : Sir Philip Manderson Sherlock
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book West Indian Folk-tales written by Sir Philip Manderson Sherlock and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1966 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shares traditional tales about animals, adventurers, and the supernatural.

Author : Jan Harold Brunvand
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 113557877X
Total Pages : 1687 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book American Folklore written by Jan Harold Brunvand and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2006-05-24 with total page 1687 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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

Author : Benjamin Albert Botkin
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 806 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Treasury of Western Folklore written by Benjamin Albert Botkin and published by . This book was released on 1964 with total page 806 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Michael Dylan Foster
Publisher : University Press of Colorado
ISBN 13 : 1457197464
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Folkloresque written by Michael Dylan Foster and published by University Press of Colorado. This book was released on 2015-11-02 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This volume introduces a new concept to explore the dynamic relationship between folklore and popular culture: the “folkloresque.” With “folkloresque,” Foster and Tolbert name the product created when popular culture appropriates or reinvents folkloric themes, characters, and images. Such manufactured tropes are traditionally considered outside the purview of academic folklore study, but the folkloresque offers a frame for understanding them that is grounded in the discourse and theory of the discipline.Fantasy fiction, comic books, anime, video games, literature, professional storytelling and comedy, and even popular science writing all commonly incorporate elements from tradition or draw on basic folklore genres to inform their structure. Through three primary modes—integration, portrayal, and parody—the collection offers a set of heuristic tools for analysis of how folklore is increasingly used in these commercial and mass-market contexts.The Folkloresque challenges disciplinary and genre boundaries; suggests productive new approaches for interpreting folklore, popular culture, literature, film, and contemporary media; and encourages a rethinking of traditional works and older interpretive paradigms."