Overview

Full Product Details

Author:   Ray Cashman ,  Tom Mould ,  Pravina Shukla
Publisher:   Indiana University Press
Imprint:   Indiana University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 3.60cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.726kg
ISBN:  

9780253223739

ISBN 10:   0253223733
Pages:   560
Publication Date:   21 September 2011
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us.

Table of Contents

"Introduction: The Individual and Tradition Ray Cashman, Tom Mould, and Pravina Shukla Entering Tradition: Kim Ellington, Catawba Valley Potter Charles G. Zug Delight in Skill: The Stone Carvers' Art Marjorie Hunt The ""Talking Machine Story Teller"": Cal Stewart and the Remediation of Storytelling Richard Bauman Chief Ovia Idah: Bricoleur of Benin City and a Star for All Times Philip M. Peek Place Matters: A Wooden Boat Builder in the Twenty-First Century Maggie Holtzberg A Backdoor into Performance Tom Mould The Maintenance of Heritage: Kersti Jobs-Björklöf and Swedish Folk Costume Pravina Shukla The World of Ogre-Tile Makers: The Onihyaku Line in Hekinan, Japan Takashi Takahara Bringing Them Back: Wanda Aragon and the Revival of Historic Pottery Designs at Acoma Karen M. Duffy Artistic Courage in Small Groups: Identity, Intermediality, and Indian Country Michael Robert Evans Navigating the Legends of Treasure Island: Narrative, Maps, and the Material Greg Kelley Fluid Identities: Madame d'Aulnoy, Mother Bunch, and Fairy-Tale History Jennifer Schacker Counting the Stars: The Study of Creativity on a Human Scale, or How a Bunch of Cajun and German Farmers and Fabricators in Louisiana Invented a Traditional Amphibious Boat John Laudun On Middle-Range Structures in Heroic Epic William Hansen The Role of Tradition in the Individual: At Work in Donegal with Packy Jim McGrath Ray Cashman Customizing Myth: The Personal in the Public John Holmes McDowell David Drake: Potter, Poet, Rebel John Michael Vlach The Mother's Voice: An Analysis of the Content of Turkish Lullabies Ilhan Başgöz Contested Performance and Joke Aesthetics Elliott Oring Vernacular Interpretation in a Public Folklore Event: Listening to the Call of Florida Fiddlers, Three Gregory Hansen Georgia Decoy Maker Ernie Mills: A Folk Artist Defines His Work John A. Burrison Rapid Transportation Lee Haring Working Through Tradition: Rug Farming In Anatolia George Jevremović A Few of My Favorite Things about North Carolina Pottery Mark Hewitt That's Where I Came In: Henry and His Teachers Robert Cochran At the Black Pig's Dyke and Other Writing: Crossing Borders of Art and Tradition Vincent Woods A Folklorist's Work: Henry Glassie's Life in the Field Ray Cashman, Tom Mould, and Pravina Shukla Acknowledgments Tabula Gratulatoria Contributors Index"

Reviews

[This] volume is a significant contribution to the field as well as a useful tool for teaching and research. Journal of American Folklore

This book is strongly recommended to anyone interested in vernacular traditions and their re-creation in the individual imagination -Journal of Folklore Research [This] volume is a significant contribution to the field as well as a useful tool for teaching and research. -Journal of American Folklore

Author Information

Ray Cashman is Associate Professor of English and Folklore Studies at Ohio State University and author of Storytelling on the Northern Irish Border (IUP, 2008). Tom Mould is Associate Professor of Anthropology and director of PERCS, the Program for Ethnographic Research and Community Studies, at Elon University. He is author of Choctaw Prophecy: A Legacy of the Future and Choctaw Tales. Pravina Shukla is Associate Professor of Folklore and Ethnomusicology at Indiana University Bloomington and author of The Grace of Four Moons (IUP, 2007).

Tab Content 6

Author Website:  

Customer Reviews

Recent Reviews

No review item found!

Add your own review!

Countries Available

All regions