The Oxford Handbook of American Folklore and Folklife Studies
surveys the materials, approaches, concepts, and applications of
the field to provide a sweeping guide to American folklore and
folklife, culture, history, and society. Forty-three comprehensive
and diverse chapters delve into significant themes and methods of
folklore and folklife study; established expressions and
activities; spheres and locations of folkloric action; and shared
cultures and common identities. Beyond the longstanding arenas of
academic focus developed throughout the 350-year legacy of folklore
and folklife study, contributors at the forefront of the field also
explore exciting new areas of attention that have emerged in the
twenty-first century such as the Internet, bodylore, folklore of
organizations and networks, sexual orientation, neurodiverse
identities, and disability groups. Encompassing a wide range of
cultural traditions in the United States, from bits of slang in
private conversations to massive public demonstrations, ancient
beliefs to contemporary viral memes, and a simple handshake
greeting to group festivals, these chapters consider the meanings
in oral, social, and material genres of dance, ritual, drama, play,
speech, song, and story while drawing attention to
tradition-centered communities such as the Amish and Hasidim,
occupational groups and their workaday worlds, and children and
other age groups. Weaving together such varied and manifest
traditions, this handbook pays significant attention to the
cultural diversity and changing national boundaries that have
always been distinctive in the American experience, reflecting on
the relative youth of the nation; global connections of customs
brought by immigrants; mobility of residents and their relation to
an indigenous, urbanized, and racialized population; and a varied
landscape and settlement pattern. Edited by leading folklore
scholar Simon J. Bronner, this handbook celebrates the
extraordinary richness of the American social and cultural fabric,
offering a valuable resource not only for scholars and students of
American studies, but also for the global study of tradition, folk
arts, and cultural practice.
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