Folklore in the Modern World

Richard M. Dorson, Richard M. Dorson

• Editorial: De Gruyter Mouton
• Año: 2011
• ISBN:
  9783110803099
• Edición: 1
• Categoría: Sciences sociales
• Categoría: Sociologie

Índice

• General Editor’s Preface
• Acknowledgments
• PART ONE
• Introduction
• Folklore in the Modern World
• SECTION ONE: FOLKLORE AND THE CITY
• Migration and Urbanization of a Traditional Culture: An Italian Experience
• An Oil Boom, Women, and Changing Traditions: A Study of Libyan Women in Benghazi
• The Impact of Urbanization on Shukriyya Life and Folk Poetry
• Modern and Traditional Aspects of Somali Drama
• Aspects of the Folklore of the Jamaican Ethnic Minority in Britain: A Preliminary Consideration
• Culture Shock and Narrative Creativity
• SECTION TWO: FOLKLORE AND IDEOLOGY
• Myth and Superstition in Communist China’s Drama and Theatre
• SECTION THREE: FOLKLORE AND THE MASS MEDIA
• The Wandering Infant-Noble Theme in Japanese Legends and Mass Media
• Influences of Mass Media on Folklore in Egypt
• Traditional Culture, Folklore, and Mass Culture in Contemporary Yugoslavia
• SECTION FOUR: FOLKLORE AND INDUSTRIALISM
• Tourist Archeofolklore in Greece
• Syllogisms of Association: Some Modern Extensions of Asturian Deepsong
• Folklore and Culture Change: Lau Riddles of Modernization
• PART TWO
• Introduction: Part Two
• Folklore and Cultural Pluralism
• Oral Transmission of Knowledge
• The Crack on the Red Goblet or Truth and Modern Legend
• The Science in Folklore: The Case of Motif D1275 — “Magic Song”
• Verbal Art in Modern Rural Galicia
• Conceptions of Fate in Stories Told by Greeks
• The Pragmatism of Herat Folk Theater
• The Modern Local Historian in Africa
• Biographical Notes
• Index of Names
• Index of Subjects