Title Following tradition : folklore in the discourse of American culture / Simon J. Bronner

Published Logan, Utah : Utah State University Press, [1998] ©1998

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Description 1 electronic resource (xv, 599 pages ) Series UPCC book collections on Project MUSE Contents The problem of tradition -- Folklore and ideology during the Gilded Age -- The English connection, from cultural survivals to cultural studies -- Studies -- The Americanization of the Brothers Grimm -- Martha Warren Beckwith and the rise of academic authority -- Alfred Shoemaker and the discovery of American folklife -- Henry W. Shoemaker and the fable of public folklore -- Richard Dorson and the great debates -- Displaying American tradition in folk arts Summary Following Tradition is an expansive examination of the history of tradition--"one of the most common as well as most contested terms in English language usage"--In Americans' thinking and discourse about culture. Tradition in use becomes problematic because of "its multiple meanings and its conceptual softness." As a term and a concept, it has been important in the development of all scholarly fields that study American culture. Folklore, history, American studies, anthropology, cultural studies, and others assign different value and meaning to tradition Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 518-589) and index Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL Description based on print version record; resource not viewed digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL In Books at JSTOR: Open Access JSTOR Subject Folklore -- United States. Oral tradition -- United States. Folklore -- United States -- History Oral tradition -- United States -- History SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Folklore & Mythology. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General. Folklore Manners and customs Oral tradition Volkskunde Kultur Folkloristik Geschichte Tradition Anthropology. Social Sciences. Folklore. Tradition orale -- États-Unis -- Histoire. Folklore -- États-Unis -- Histoire. SUBJECT United States -- Social life and customs. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140527 Subject United States USA Genre/Form History Form Electronic book LC no. 2020719053 ISBN 9780874213645 0874213649 0585033676 9780585033679

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