Waubonsee Community College

American folklore, an encyclopedia, edited by Jan Harold Brunvand

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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non fiction

American folklore

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edited by Jan Harold Brunvand

Garland reference library of the humanities, vol. 1551

an encyclopedia

"The range of general topics covered runs from traditional areas like folklore scholarship, film and folklore, [etc.] ... to such leading-edge topics as bodylore, coding in American folk culture, cultural studies, computer folklore, empowerment, organizational folklore, and postmodernism."--Preface

Academe, folklore of -- Academic programs in folklore -- Adirondacks -- African Americans -- Aging, folklore and -- American Folklore Center -- American Folklore scholarship : early years -- American Folklore Society -- American studies and folklore -- Anansi -- Anecdote -- Anglo Americans -- Animals -- Anniversaries -- Anthropological approach -- Anti-legend -- Appalachia -- Applied folklore -- April fool's day -- Architecture, vernacular -- Archive of folk culture -- Archives, folklore -- Art, folk -- Auctions -- Autoharp -- Ballad -- Baltic peoples in U.S. -- Banjo -- -- Baseball -- Basketmaking -- Basque Americans -- Berea College -- Bigfoot -- Bikers -- Billy the Kid -- Birders -- Birthdays -- Black English -- Blacksmithing -- Bluegrass -- Blues -- Boast -- Boatbuilding -- Bodylore -- Breakdancing -- Bunyan, Paul -- Cadence chant -- Cajuns -- Camplore -- Canadian folklore (Anglophone) -- Canadian folklore scholarship -- Canadian studies and folklore -- Canal lore -- Catfish -- Cemeteries -- Center for the Study of Southern Culture -- Chanteys -- Children -- Chinese Americans -- Christmas -- City lore -- Civil War -- Coding in American folk culture -- Cold War -- Columbus Day -- Comparative approach -- Computer folklore -- Con artist -- Conjunto music -- Conspiracy theories -- Contextual approach -- Corridos -- Costume, folk -- Country music -- Cousin Jack stories -- Cow tipping -- Cowboy poetry -- Cowboys -- Coyote -- Crafts -- Crimelore -- Crockett, Davy Cults -- Cultural conservation -- Cultural landscape -- Cultural studies -- Curanderos -- Cursing -- Custom -- Dance, folk -- Deaf folklore -- Dialect story -- Disaster folklore -- Dowsing -- Dozens -- Drama, folk -- Dulcimer -- Dutch Americans -- Easter -- Education, folklife in -- Elvis -- Empowerment -- Epitaph -- Esoteric / exoteric factor in folklore -- Ethics in folklore research -- Ethnic folklore -- Ethnic stereotypes -- Ethnomusicology -- [entries continue through letter Z (Zydeco)]