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The Individual and Tradition
Ray Cashman
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Description for The Individual and Tradition
Paperback. Performer-centred studies of folk artists Editor(s): Cashman, Ray; Mould, Tom; Shukla, Pravina. Series: Special Publications of the Folklore Institute, Indiana University. Num Pages: 50 b&w illus. BIC Classification: JHBT; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 34. Weight in Grams: 736.
Profiles of artists and performers from around the world form the basis of this innovative volume that explores the many ways individuals engage with, carry on, revive, and create tradition. Leading scholars in folklore studies consider how the field has addressed the connections between performer and tradition and examine theoretical issues involved in fieldwork and the analysis and dissemination of scholarship in the context of relationships with the performers. Honoring Henry Glassie and his remarkable contributions to the field of folklore, these vivid case studies exemplify the best of performer-centered ethnography.
Profiles of artists and performers from around the world form the basis of this innovative volume that explores the many ways individuals engage with, carry on, revive, and create tradition. Leading scholars in folklore studies consider how the field has addressed the connections between performer and tradition and examine theoretical issues involved in fieldwork and the analysis and dissemination of scholarship in the context of relationships with the performers. Honoring Henry Glassie and his remarkable contributions to the field of folklore, these vivid case studies exemplify the best of performer-centered ethnography.
Product Details
Publisher
Indiana University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Series
Special Publications of the Folklore Institute, Indiana University
Condition
New
Weight
735g
Number of Pages
560
Place of Publication
Bloomington, IN, United States
ISBN
9780253223739
SKU
V9780253223739
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About Ray Cashman
Ray Cashman is Associate Professor of English and Folklore Studies at Ohio State University and author of Storytelling on the Northern Irish Border (IUP, 2008). Tom Mould is Associate Professor of Anthropology and director of PERCS, the Program for Ethnographic Research and Community Studies, at Elon University. He is author of Choctaw Prophecy: A Legacy of the ... Read more
Reviews for The Individual and Tradition
[This] volume is a significant contribution to the field as well as a useful tool for teaching and research.
Journal of American Folklore
This book is strongly recommended to anyone interested in vernacular traditions and their re-creation in the individual imagination
Journal of Folklore Research
Journal of American Folklore
This book is strongly recommended to anyone interested in vernacular traditions and their re-creation in the individual imagination
Journal of Folklore Research