What goes around comes around : the circulation of proverbs in contemporary life / edited by Kimberly J. Lau, Peter Tokofsky, Stephen D. Winick.

Format Book
Publication InfoLogan : Utah State University Press, ©2004.
Description190 pages ; 23 cm
Supplemental ContentTable of contents
Subjects

Other author/creatorLau, Kimberly J.
Other author/creatorTokofsky, Peter, 1963-
Other author/creatorWinick, Stephen D., 1968-
Other author/creatorMieder, Wolfgang.
Contents What goes around comes around : the circulation of proverbs in contemporary life / Kimberly J. Lau, Peter Tokofsky, and Stephen D. Winick -- "In aqua scribere" : the evolution of a current proverb / Charles Clay Doyle -- "From one act of charity, the world is saved" : creative selection of proverbs in Sephardic narrative / Isaac Jack Lévy and Rosemary Lévy Zumwalt -- Baseball as (pan)America : a sampling of baseball-related metaphors in Spanish / Shirley L. Arora -- "You can't kill shit" : occupational proverb and metaphorical system among young medical professionals / Stephen D. Winick -- "Cheaters never prosper" and other lies adults tell kids : proverbs and the culture wars over character / Jay Mechling -- The proverb and fetishism in American advertisements / Anand Prahlad -- "The early bird is worth two in the bush" : Captain Jack Aubrey's fractured proverbs / Jan Harold Brunvand -- As the crow flies : a straightforward study of lineal worldview in American folk speech / Alan Dundes.
General note"Essays in honor of Wolfgang Mieder."--P. [iv].
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references.
LCCN 2004016467
ISBN0874215927 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN087421596X (hardcover)

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