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<b>Contains over 500 articles</b> <br> Ranging over foodways and folksongs, quiltmaking and computer lore, Pecos Bill, Butch Cassidy, and Elvis sightings, more than 500 articles spotlight folk literature, music, and crafts; sports and holidays; tall tales and legendary figures; genres and forms; scholarly approaches and theories; regions and ethnic groups; performers and collectors; writers and scholars; religious beliefs and practices. The alphabetically arranged entries vary from concise definitions to detailed surveys, each accompanied by a brief, up-to-date bibliography.<br> <b>Special features<br> • More than 2000 contributors<br> • Over 500 articles spotlight folk literature, music, crafts, and more<br> • Alphabetically arranged<br> • Entries accompanied by up-to-date bibliographies<br> • Edited by America's best-known folklore</b> <b>authority</b>

Author

Jan Harold Brunvand

Publisher

Routledge

Published

1996

Language

EN

ISBN

9780815339984

Subjects

Reference, Literary Criticism, Folklore