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" American folklore : "
edited by Jan Harold Brunvand.
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BL
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959015
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b713385
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American folklore : : an encyclopedia /\ edited by Jan Harold Brunvand.
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| Publication Statement
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New York :: Garland Pub.,, 1996.
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Garland reference library of the humanities ;; vol. 1551
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xviii, 794 pages :: illustrations, portraits ;; 29 cm.
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0815307519
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: 0815333501
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: 0815339984
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: 9780815307518
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: 9780815333500
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: 9780815339984
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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Academe, folklore of -- Academic programs in folklore -- Adirondacks -- African Americans -- Aging, folklore and -- American Folklore Center -- American Folklore scholarship : early years -- American Folklore Society -- American studies and folklore -- Anansi -- Anecdote -- Anglo Americans -- Animals -- Anniversaries -- Anthropological approach -- Anti-legend -- Appalachia -- Applied folklore -- April fool's day -- Architecture, vernacular -- Archive of folk culture -- Archives, folklore -- Art, folk -- Auctions -- Autoharp -- Ballad -- Baltic peoples in U.S. -- Banjo -- -- Baseball -- Basketmaking -- Basque Americans -- Berea College -- Bigfoot -- Bikers -- Billy the Kid -- Birders -- Birthdays -- Black English -- Blacksmithing -- Bluegrass -- Blues -- Boast -- Boatbuilding -- Bodylore -- Breakdancing -- Bunyan, Paul -- Cadence chant -- Cajuns -- Camplore -- Canadian folklore (Anglophone) -- Canadian folklore scholarship -- Canadian studies and folklore -- Canal lore -- Catfish -- Cemeteries -- Center for the Study of Southern Culture -- Chanteys -- Children -- Chinese Americans -- Christmas -- City lore -- Civil War -- Coding in American folk culture -- Cold War -- Columbus Day -- Comparative approach -- Computer folklore -- Con artist -- Conjunto music -- Conspiracy theories -- Contextual approach -- Corridos -- Costume, folk -- Country music -- Cousin Jack stories -- Cow tipping -- Cowboy poetry -- Cowboys -- Coyote -- Crafts -- Crimelore -- Crockett, Davy Cults -- Cultural conservation -- Cultural landscape -- Cultural studies -- Curanderos -- Cursing -- Custom -- Dance, folk -- Deaf folklore -- Dialect story -- Disaster folklore -- Dowsing -- Dozens -- Drama, folk -- Dulcimer -- Dutch Americans -- Easter -- Education, folklife in -- Elvis -- Empowerment -- Epitaph -- Esoteric / exoteric factor in folklore -- Ethics in folklore research -- Ethnic folklore -- Ethnic stereotypes -- Ethnomusicology -- [entries continue through letter Z (Zydeco)].
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"The range of general topics covered runs from traditional areas like folklore scholarship, film and folklore, [etc.] ... to such leading-edge topics as bodylore, coding in American folk culture, cultural studies, computer folklore, empowerment, organizational folklore, and postmodernism."--Preface.
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Folklore-- North America, Encyclopedias.
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Folklore-- Canada, Encyclopedias.
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Folklore-- North America, Encyclopedias.
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Folklore-- United States, Encyclopedias.
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Folklore-- Amřique du Nord-- Encyclopďies.
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Folklore-- États-Unis-- Encyclopédies.
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Folklore.
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Manners and customs.
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Volkscultuur.
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North America, Social life and customs, Encyclopedias.
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Amřique du Nord, Moeurs et coutumes, Encyclopďies.
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North America.
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| Dewey Classification
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398/.0973/03
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GR101.A54 1996
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71.55bcl
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coll2lacc
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Brunvand, Jan Harold.
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