Eight diverse contributors explore the role of tradition in
contemporary folkloristics. For more than a century, folklorists
have been interested in locating sources of tradition and
accounting for the conceptual boundaries of tradition, but in the
modern era, expanded means of communication, research, and travel,
along with globalised cultural and economic interdependence, have
complicated these pursuits. Tradition is thoroughly embedded in
both modern life and at the centre of folklore studies, and a
modern understanding of tradition cannot be fully realised without
a thoughtful consideration of the pasts role in shaping the
present. Emphasising how tradition adapts, survives, thrives, and
either mutates or remains stable in todays modern world, the
contributors pay specific attention to how traditions now resist or
expedite dissemination and adoption by individuals and communities.
This complex and intimate portrayal of tradition in the
twenty-first century offers a comprehensive overview of the
folkloristic and popular conceptualisations of tradition from the
past to present and presents a thoughtful assessment and projection
of how tradition will fare in years to come. The book will be
useful to advanced undergraduate or graduate courses in folklore
and will contribute significantly to the scholarly literature on
tradition within the folklore discipline.
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