Public folklore / edited by Robert Baron and Nicholas R. Spitzer.
| Other author | Baron, Robert, 1951- |
| Other author | Spitzer, Nicholas R. |
| Other author | American Folklore Society. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Washington : Smithsonian Institution Press, ©1992. |
| Description | xiv, 370 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | Publications of the American Folklore Society. New series Publications of the American Folklore Society. New series (Unnumbered) ^A234280 |
| Contents | Public, the folklorist, and the public folklorist / Roger D. Abrahams -- Mistaken dichotomies / Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett -- Public folklore's name : a partisan's notes / Archie Green -- Happy birthday, dear American Folklore Society : reflections on the work and mission of folklorists / Bess Lomax Hawes -- Cultural conversation : metaphors and methods in public folklore / Nicholas R. Spitzer -- "So correct for the photograph" : "fixing" the ineffable, ineluctable African American / Gerald L. Davis -- Public folklore : a glimpse of the pattern that connects / Robert S. McCarl -- Field work and social work : folklore as helping profession / Frank Proschan -- Journey of David Allen, cane carver : transformations through public folkore / Susan Roach -- Presenting folklore in a Soviet-American cultural exchange : public practice during perestroika / Richard Kurin -- Crossover dreams : the folklorist and the folk arrival / Daniel Sheehy -- Feet on the ground, head in the clouds : some thoughts on the training of public folklorists / Jim Griffith -- Foundations of American public folklore / Roger D. Abrahams -- Feasts of. |
| Contents | (cont) unnaming : folk festivals and the representation of folklife / Robert Cantwell -- Postwar public folklore and the professionalization of folklore studies / Robert Baron --Public folklore : a bibliographic introduction / Steve Siporin. |
| General note | Contains essays from the 1987 American Folklore Society meeting in Albuquerque, N.M. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references. |
| LCCN | 91037952 |
| ISBN | 1560981423 (alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9781560981428 (alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 1560981172 (pbk.) |
| ISBN | 9781560981176 (pbk.) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | GR105 .P84 1992 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |