A Companion to Folklore - (Wiley Blackwell Companions to Anthropology) by Regina F Bendix & Galit Hasan-Rokem (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><i>A Companion to Folklore</i> 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. <ul> <li>An unprecedented collection of original, state of the art essays on folklore authored by international experts</li> <li>Examines the practices and theoretical approaches developed to understand the phenomena of folklore</li> <li>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</li> <li>Selected by Choice as a 2013 Outstanding Academic Title</li> </ul><p/><br></br><p><b> From the Back Cover </b></p></br></br><p>BLACKWELL COMPANIONS TO ANTHROPOLOGY</br> <b>A Companion to Folklore</b> <p>"<i>A Companion to Folklore</i> is nothing if not international, and this quality alone distinguishes it from most earlier reference works and makes it an important resource for the field."</br> <i>Western Folklore</i> <p>"Nearly all college and university libraries will want this book. Summing up: Essential."</br> <i>Choice</i> <p>"This book presents challenging and inspiring essays about a field that is often misconceived as the harbor of tradition. The volume succeeds in representing folklore as a vital component of human existence and folkloristics as an indispensable discipline within the humanities."</br> Prof. Dr. Ulrich Marzolph, <i>Enzyklopädie des Märchens, Göttingen</i> <p>"Magisterial, engaging, smart, and always thought-provoking, <i>A Companion to Folklore</i> both reflects and will help shape the broad and increasingly interdisciplinary ambit - and promise - of the field."</br> Don Brenneis, <i>University of California, Santa Cruz</i> <p><i>A Companion to Folklore</i> contains an original and comprehensive set of essays from international experts in the field of folklore studies. This state-of-the-art collection uniquely displays the vitality of folklore research across the globe. The <i>Companion</i> covers four main areas: the first section engages with the practices and theoretical approaches developed to understand the phenomena of folklore; the second discusses the distinctive shapes that folklore studies have taken in different locations in time and space; the third examines the interaction of folklore with various media, as well as folklore's commodification. In the final section on practice, essays offer insights into how folklorists work, what they do, and ways in which they have institutionalized their field. The result is a unique reflection and understanding of the profoundly different research histories and current perspectives on international research in the field.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><p>Covering information across time periods and continents, this truly is a multicultural and multidisciplinary approach to folklore studies. (<i>American Reference Books Annual</i>, 1 November 2015)</p> <p>"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." (<i>Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute</i>, 1 March 2014)</p> <p>"A Companion to Folkloreis nothing if not international, and this quality alone distinguishes it from most earlier reference works and makes it an important resource for the field." (<i>Western Folklore</i>, 1 May 2013</p><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><p><b>Regina F. Bendix</b> is Professor of Cultural Anthropology/European Ethnology at Georg-August-University in Göttingen, Germany. <p><b>Galit Hasan-Rokem</b> is Max and Margarethe Grunwald Professor of Folklore, and Professor of Hebrew Literature at the Mandel Institute of Jewish Studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel.
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