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1 online resource |
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Cambridge social and cultural histories series ; 18 |
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Cambridge social and cultural histories ; 18.
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| Contents |
Cover; Voices of the People in Nineteenth-Century France; Series; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Illustrations; Maps; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction: Folklore and the historian; Voices from below; Historians' use and neglect of folkloric sources; Doubts and hesitations about folkloric sources; Folkloristics and the study of popular culture; 1: Storytelling in a maritime community: Saint-Cast, 1879-1882; Folklore fieldwork: Paul Sébillot at Saint-Cast; The networks of informants: the women; The networks of informants: the men; The character of the community |
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Bounding and bonding a community through storytellingA community in transformation; 2: The sailor's tale: storytelling on board the North Atlantic fishing fleet; Young men's storytelling: the culture of aggressive individualism; The martyred cabinboy:́ myths and realities of the Grand Banks; Storytelling at sea: negotiating networks and hierarchies; 3: Love riddles and family strategies: the dâyemans of Lorraine; Wit-combat and family strategies; Verbal games of courtship, medieval and modern; Couple formation in rural Lorraine; The dâyage and courtship |
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The dônage and the exercise of marital choiceLearning to love; Ecotypes and the political environment; 4: Storytelling and family dynamics in an extended household: the Briffaults of Montigny-aux-Amognes; Family strategies and their discontents; The joint family in the Nièvre; The Chaumereuil-Briffault communauté; The Briffaults and the Millien connection; Folktale and family ecotypes; Men and women in the peasant household; The folktale as biography; 5: Work songs and peasant visions of the social order; 'Etic' and 'emic' definitions of the peasantry |
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The peasant's place in the Society of OrdersA peasant vision?; Le pauvre laboureur ́and the peasant vision; Is a laboureur ́a peasant?́; A peasant ideology?; 6: The visionary world of the Vellave lacemaker; Victor Smith and the songs of the Velay and the Forez; The Le Puy lace fabrique and the béate;́ Oral culture and religious education: the repertoire of Sœur Sainte-Claire; Dives and Lazarus: poverty and charity in lacemakers' songs; Heterodox saints: Mary Magdalene and Saint Alexis; The aesthetics of poverty; Conclusion: Between the micro and the macro; Bibliography |
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PRIMARY SOURCES: UNPUBLISHEDUNPUBLISHED THESES AND DISSERTATIONS; NEWSPAPERS; PRINTED PRIMARY SOURCES; SECONDARY SOURCES; Index |
| Summary |
An innovative study revealing that folklore collections can shed new light on the lives of the socially marginalized |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Folklore -- Social aspects -- France
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Oral tradition -- France
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Marginality, Social -- France -- History -- 19th century
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Folklore & Mythology.
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Folklore -- Social aspects
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Marginality, Social
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Oral tradition
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Social conditions
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Alltag
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Mündliche Überlieferung
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| SUBJECT |
France -- Social conditions -- 19th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85051498
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France
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Frankreich
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781139379359 |
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1139379356 |
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1280647809 |
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9781280647802 |
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9781139023474 |
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1139023470 |
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9781139375061 |
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1139375067 |
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