American folklore : an encyclopedia / edited by Jan Harold Brunvand.

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GR101 .A54 1996

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Language:

English

Imprint:

New York : Garland Pub., 1996.

Format:

Bibliography:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Selected Entries: *Contemporary lore *Bigfoot *Gulf War *Nuclear lore *Rap *Gay and lesbian lore *Talking trash *Truckers' folklore *UFO lore *Semiotic approach Traditional areas *Johnny Appleseed *Monsters *Friday the 13th *Jersey Devil *Tooth fairy *Vampires *World War I and II *Witchcraft Ethnic *Baltic people in U.S. *Basque Americans *Corridos *Coyote *Dutch Americans *Gypsies *Korean Americans *Kwanzaa *Polish Americans Performers *Burl Ives *Blind Lemon Jefferson *Hudie Leadbelly Ledbetter *Memphis Minnie *Ma Rainey *Pete Seeger *Muddy Waters Scholars *Franz Boas *Joseph Campbell *Mary O. Eddy *Aurelio Macedonia Espinosa *Zora Neale Hurston *George Lyman Kittredge *Albert Bates Lord *Milman Parry *Charles M. Kinner.
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Contributor:

Brunvand, Jan Harold.

Series:

Garland reference library of the humanities ; vol. 1551

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ISBN:

0815307519
9780815307518
0815333501
9780815333500