The Storytelling Human

Lithuanian Folk Tradition Today

290 Seiten, Hardcover

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This book is among the very few publications offering to the English-speaking readership significant insights into contemporary Lithuanian folklore research. Dealing with a broad variety of materials-from archived manuscripts to audio-recorded life stories to internet folklore-it comprises such topics as history and identity; the traditional worldview influencing modern people's actions; the construction of the mental landscape; types and modes of storytelling; and the modern uses of proverbs, anecdotes, and internet lore. In a balanced way reflecting upon past and present, tradition and modernity, individual and collective, and employing modern research methodologies to dissect and analyze popular subjects and themes, this book presents a condensed view of the popular Lithuanian culture and mentality.

• Reihe: Lithuanian Studies without Borders
• Themen: Gesellschaft und Sozialwissenschaften Gesellschaft und Kultur, allgemein Volksglaube Folklore-, Mythen- und Legendenforschung
• ISBN: 9781644694237
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 24.11.2020
• Größe: 240 x 161 mm
• Verlag: Academic Studies Press
• Herausgegeben von: Lina B¿gien¿