Interpreting Folklore, Paperback
Descriere
... Dundes has produced a work which will be useful to both students and teachers who wish to broaden their understanding of modern folklore.`` --Center for Southern Folklore Magazine It is impossible ever to remain unimpressed with Dundes'] excursuses, however much one may be in disagreement (or not) with his conclusions.`` --Forum for Modern Language Studies Often controversial, Alan Dundes's scholarship is always provocative, perceptive, and intelligent. His concern here is to assess the material folklorists have so painstakingly amassed and classified, to interpret folklore, and to use folklore to increase our understanding of human nature and culture.
Despre autor
Alan Dundes a fost un folclorist american al cărui mandat de patru decenii la Universitatea din California, Berkeley, a contribuit la definirea folcloristicii ca disciplină academică. Necrologurile l-au amintit ca fiind cel mai renumit folclorist al epocii sale și au subliniat autoratul său de 12 cărți, două duzini de volume editate și peste 250 de articole care interpretează mitul, proverbul și credința populară.
