Folklore: An Encyclopedia of Beliefs Customs Tales Music and Art - Art; Folklore & Mythology
An international team of renowned folklorists contributed to this fascinating, comprehensive general reference work. Folklore: An Encyclopedia of Beliefs, Customs, Music, Tales, and Art introduces the major types of folklore - ballad, dance, riddle, legend, and myth, for example - and the approaches used to study them, from the anthropological through the linguistic, literary, and psychological. The topics range from such traditional subjects as 'festival' and 'folktale' to cutting-edge entries such as 'computer-mediated folklore' and 'postmodernism.' In most cases, a longer, more comprehensive essay format for entries has been favored over shorter entries. Entries are cross-referenced, and each includes a select bibliography to serve as a guide to in-depth research.
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