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Bronner, Simon J.

Explaining traditions folk behavior in modern culture / [electronic resource] : Simon J. Bronner. - Lexington : University Press of Kentucky, c2011. - 1 online resource (xiii, 530 p. :) ill. ; - UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 459-508) and index.

Defining tradition: on the meaning and politics of a "handy" concept -- Explaining tradition: on folk and folkloristic logic -- Building tradition: on control and authority in vernacular architecture -- Making tradition: on craft in American consciousness -- Adapting tradition: on folklore in human development -- Fading tradition: on a dying language and lore -- Personalizing tradition: on storytelling by an African American father and son -- Symbolizing tradition: on the scatology of an ethnic identity -- Sporting tradition: on the praxis of American football -- Virtual tradition: on the Internet as a folk system.

ISBN: 9780813134079

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Subjects--Topical Terms:
Communication in folklore--United States.
Oral tradition--United States.
Folklore--United States.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
United States--Social life and customs.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: GR105 / .B666 2011

Dewey Class. No.: 398.20973