An easy-to-use guide to American regional folklore with advice on
conducting research, regional essays, and a selective annotated
bibliography. American Regional Folklore begins with a chapter on
library research, including how to locate a library suitable for
folklore research, how to understand a library's resources, and how
to construct a research strategy. Mood also gives excellent advice
on researching beyond the library: locating and using community
resources like historical societies, museums, fairs and festivals,
storytelling groups, local colleges, newspapers and magazines, and
individuals with knowledge of the field. The rest of the book is
divided into eight sections, each one highlighting a separate
region (the Northeast, the South and Southern Highlands, the
Midwest, the Southwest, the West, the Northwest, Alaska, and
Hawaii). Each regional section contains a useful overview essay,
written by an expert on the folklore of that particular region,
followed by a selective, annotated bibliography of books and a
directory of related resources. Fully annotated bibliographies on
the folklore of each of eight regions of the United States Engaging
overview essays by folklore scholars introduce each of the U.S.
regions covered A list of literary authors who incorporate folklore
themes in their writings, together with a brief list of some of
their major works A list of folklore-related museums, with
addresses and phone numbers, a list of folklore journals, and, when
possible, a list of websites
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