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Regina F. Bendix - A Companion to Folklore - 9781405194990 - V9781405194990
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A Companion to Folklore

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Description for A Companion to Folklore Hardback. A Companion to Folklore presents an original and comprehensive collection of essays from international experts in the field of folklore studies. Unprecedented in depth and scope, this state-of-the-art collection uniquely displays the vitality of folklore research across the globe. Editor(s): Bendix, Regina F.; Hasan-Rokem, Galit. Series: Wiley-Blackwell Companions to Anthropology. Num Pages: 680 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 250 x 173 x 42. Weight in Grams: 1250.
A Companion to Folklore presents an original and comprehensive collection of essays from international experts in the field of folklore studies. Unprecedented in depth and scope, this state-of-the-art collection uniquely displays the vitality of folklore research across the globe.
  • An unprecedented collection of original, state of the art essays on folklore authored by international experts
  • Examines the practices and theoretical approaches developed to understand the phenomena of folklore
  • Considers folklore in the context of multi-disciplinary topics that include poetics, performance, religious practice, myth, ritual and symbol, oral textuality, history, law, politics and power as well as the social base of folklore
  • Selected by ... Read more
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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Number of pages
680
Condition
New
Series
Wiley-Blackwell Companions to Anthropology
Number of Pages
680
Place of Publication
Hoboken, United States
ISBN
9781405194990
SKU
V9781405194990
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
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About Regina F. Bendix
Regina Bendix is Professor of Cultural Anthropology/European Ethnology at Georg-August-University in Göttingen, Germany. She is the author of In Search of Authenticity, and has co-edited Prädikat Heritage (with Dorothee Hemme and Markus Tauschek), Cultural Property: Forschungsperspektiven (with Kilian Bizer and Stefan Groth), and Culture and Property (Special Issue of Ethnologia Europaea, co-edited with Valdimar Hafstein). ... Read more

Reviews for A Companion to Folklore
"Covering information across time periods and continents, this truly is a multicultural and multidisciplinary approach to folklore studies."  (American Reference Books Annual, 1 November 2015) “This 660-page anthology is important, containing thirty-six essays by thirty-three scholars, who represent different countries and approaches to the study of folklore.”  (Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, 1 March 2014) ... Read more

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