Tradition in the Twenty-First Century

Locating the Role of the Past in the Present

von Robert Glenn Howard, Trevor J. Blank

238 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

In Tradition in the Twenty-First Century, eight diverse contributors explore the role of tradition in contemporary folkloristics. For more than a century, folklorists have been interested in locating sources of tradition and accounting for the conceptual boundaries of tradition, but in the modern era, expanded means of communication, research, and travel, along with globalized cultural and economic interdependence, have complicated these pursuits. Tradition is thoroughly embedded in both modern life and at the center of folklore studies, and a modern understanding of tradition cannot be fully realized without a thoughtful consideration of the past's role in shaping the present. > Additional Contributors: Simon Bronner, Stephen Olbrys Gencarella, Merrill Kaplan, Lynne S. McNeill, Elliott Oring, Casey R. Schmitt, and Tok Thompson

• Reihe: Utah State University Press
• ISBN: 9780874218992
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 15.06.2013
• Größe: 231 x 154 mm
• Verlag: Univ of Chicago behalf of UP Colorado