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Folklore: In All of Us, In All We Do (Publications of the Texas Folklore Society)
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Description for Folklore: In All of Us, In All We Do (Publications of the Texas Folklore Society)
Hardcover. Includes articles on a variety of topics, examining the cultural roles women fill, folklore of particular groups, including oil field workers, mail carriers, doctors, engineers, police officers, horse traders, and politicians. This work looks at how folklore and history complement one another. Editor(s): Untiedt, Kenneth L. Series: Publication of the Texas Folklore Society. Num Pages: 312 pages, 50 illustrations, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 29. Weight in Grams: 658.
Folklore is everywhere, whether you are aware of it or not. A culture's traditional knowledge is used to remember the past and maintain traditions, to communicate with other members within a community, to learn, to celebrate, and to express creativity. It is what helps distinguish one culture from another. Although folklore is so much a part of our daily lives, we often lose sight of just how integral it is to everything we do. If we look for it, we can find folklore in places where we'd never think it existed. ""Folklore: In All of Us, In All We Do"" ... Read more
Folklore is everywhere, whether you are aware of it or not. A culture's traditional knowledge is used to remember the past and maintain traditions, to communicate with other members within a community, to learn, to celebrate, and to express creativity. It is what helps distinguish one culture from another. Although folklore is so much a part of our daily lives, we often lose sight of just how integral it is to everything we do. If we look for it, we can find folklore in places where we'd never think it existed. ""Folklore: In All of Us, In All We Do"" ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of North Texas Press
Condition
New
Series
Publication of the Texas Folklore Society
Number of Pages
312
Place of Publication
Denton, United States
ISBN
9781574412239
SKU
V9781574412239
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Ref
99-3
About
KENNETH L. UNTIEDT is the Secretary-Editor of the Texas Folklore Society and teaches English at Stephen F. Austin State University. He earned bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees from Texas Tech University. He and his wife Tierney have four children and live in Nacogdoches, Texas.
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