Marrow of Human Experience, The : Essays on Folklore by William A. Wilson / by William A. Wilson ; edited by Jill Terry Rudy with the assistance of Diane Call.

Author/creator Wilson, William Albert
Other author Call, Diane.
Other author Rudy, Jill Terry, 1963-
Other author Project Muse.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoLogan, UT : Utah State University Press, ©2006. (Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2015)
Description1 online resource (321 pages )
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SeriesBook collections on Project MUSE. UNAUTHORIZED
Contents Introduction -- The importance of folklore -- The deeper necessity : folklore and the humanities -- Building bridges : folklore in the academy -- Arts and cultural policy -- "Something there is that doesn't love a wall" -- The folk speak : everyday life in pioneer oral narratives -- Documenting folklore -- Folklore and national identity -- Herder, folklore, and romantic nationalism -- Sibelius, the Kalevala, and Karelianism -- Folklore, nationalism, and the challenge of the future -- Finns in a new world : a folkloristic perspective -- Folklore, religion, and who we are -- The concept of the west and other hindrances to the study of Mormon folklore -- The study of Mormon folklore : an uncertain mirror for truth -- On being human : the folklore of Mormon missionaries -- The seriousness of Mormon humor -- Freeways, parking lots, and ice cream stands : three nephites in contemporary Mormon culture -- "Teach me all that I must do" : the practice of Mormon religion -- Personal narratives : the family novel -- A daughter's biography of William A. Wilson, Denise Wilson Jamsa -- William A. Wilson's published works.
Bibliography note"William A. Wilson's published works": p. 293-297.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 299-310) and index.
Source of descriptionDescription based on print version record.
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2006021243
ISBN9780874215458

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