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Folklore



link to catalog page WELLS, Life Flows On in Endless Song

Life Flows On in Endless Song

Folk Songs and American History

Author: Robert V. Wells
Pub Date: August

An engaging survey of what folk songs tell us about the American past   learn more...

link to catalog page HEARNE, A Narrative Compass

A Narrative Compass

Stories That Guide Women's Lives

Author: Edited by Betsy Hearne and Roberta Seelinger Trites
Pub Date: April 2009

Exploring the narratives that orient the lives of women scholars   learn more...

link to catalog page JONES, Country Music Humorists and Comedians Author: Loyal Jones
Pub Date: October 2008

An exhaustive reference detailing the mirth and music of country music humorists and comedians   learn more...

link to catalog page ORING, Engaging Humor Author: Elliott Oring
Pub Date: August 2008

Exploring the structure, motives, and meanings of humor in everyday life   learn more...

link to catalog page CANTWELL, If Beale Street Could Talk

If Beale Street Could Talk

Music, Community, Culture

Author: Robert Cantwell
Pub Date: October 2008

A dazzling, expansive exploration of the culture-making activities and artifacts of everyday life   learn more...

link to catalog page MULLEN, The Man Who Adores the Negro

The Man Who Adores the Negro

Race and American Folklore

Author: Patrick B. Mullen
Pub Date: 2008

The challenges of interracial fieldwork   learn more...

link to catalog page MCDOWELL, Poetry and Violence

Poetry and Violence

The Ballad Tradition of Mexico's Costa Chica

Author: John H. McDowell
Pub Date: February 2008

An in-depth examination of the Mexican ballad tradition of the corrido and its complex relationship with violence   learn more...

link to catalog page DOLBY, Self-Help Books

Self-Help Books

Why Americans Keep Reading Them

Author: Sandra K. Dolby
Pub Date: Cloth: 2005; Paper: 2008

Understanding instead of lamenting the popularity of self-help books   learn more...

link to catalog page HAWES, Sing It Pretty

Sing It Pretty

A Memoir

Author: Bess Lomax Hawes
Pub Date: April 2008

The personal account of a giant in American folklore and folk music   learn more...

link to catalog page PERRY, Aesopica

Aesopica

A Series of Texts Relating to Aesop or Ascribed to Him

Author: Ben Edwin Perry
Pub Date: February 2007

The most complete corpus of the proverbs and fables of Aesop ever assembled   learn more...

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