Children's Folklore [electronic resource] : A Source Book / edited by Brian Sutton-Smith ... [et al.].
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TextSeries: Book collections on Project MUSEPublication details: Logan, Utah : Utah State University Press, 1999. 2012) 2015)Description: 1 online resource (1 electronic text (xii, 378 p.) :) ill., digital fileContent type: - text
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- 9780874213577
- 0874213576
- 398/.083 21
- GR43.C4 C45 1999
- GR475 .C49 1999
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Originally published: New York : Garland, 1995, in series: Garland reference library of social science ; vol. 647.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: What is children's folklore? -- Who are the folklorists of childhood? - Overview: History of children's folklore -- The complexity of children's folklore -- The transmmission of children's folklore -- Overview: Methods in children's folklore -- Double dutch and double cameras: studying the transmission of culture in an urban school yard -- Children's games and gaming -- Methodological problems of collecting folklore from children -- Overview: Children's folklore concerns -- Songs, poems, and rhymes -- Riddles -- Tales and legends -- Teases and pranks -- Overview: Settings and activities -- Children's lore in school and playgrounds -- Material folk culture of children -- Children's folklore in residential institutions: Summer camps, boarding schools, hospitals, and custodial facilities -- The past in the present: Theoretical directions for children's folklore -- Bibliography of children's folklore.
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