American folklore : an encyclopedia
- Responsibility
- edited by Jan Harold Brunvand.
- Language
- English.
- Imprint
- New York : Garland Pub., 1996.
- Physical description
- xviii, 794 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.
- Series
- Garland reference library of the humanities vol. 1551
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Creators/Contributors
- Contributor
- Brunvand, Jan Harold.
Contents/Summary
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
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- 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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- Publisher's Summary
- This text includes the major American folklore genres of custom, folksong, folktale, games, myth, proverbs, riddles and puzzles, and superstition, as well as entries covering some of the minor genres.
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- Publication date
- 1996
- ISBN
- 0815307519 (alk. paper)
- 9780815307518 (alk. paper)
- 0815333501 (pbk.)
- 9780815333500 (pbk.)
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