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Bronner addresses the historical, rhetorical, philosophical, and psychological dimensions of tradition and how it affects the different aspects of American culture.
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Following Tradition : Folklore in the Discourse of American Culture
author
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Bronner, Simon J.
publisher
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Utah State University Press
isbn10 | asin
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0874212391
print isbn13
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9780874212396
ebook isbn13
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9780585033679
language
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English
subject
Folklore--United States--History, Oral tradition--United States--History, United States--Social life and customs.
publication date
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1998
lcc
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GR105.B67 1998eb
ddc
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398/.0973
subject
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Folklore--United States--History, Oral tradition--United States--History, United States--Social life and customs.
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Following Tradition
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Also by Simon J. Bronner
American Folklore Studies: An Intellectual History
Popularizing Pennsylvania: Henry W. Shoemaker and the Progressive Uses of Folklore and History
Grasping Things: Folk Material Culture and Mass Society in America
The Carver's Art: Crafting Meaning from Wood
Old-Time Music Makers of New York State
Piled Higher and Deeper: The Folklore of Student Life
American Children's Folklore
Ethnic Ancestry in Pennsylvania: An Analysis of Self-Identification
Edited by Simon J. Bronner
Creativity and Tradition in Folklore: New Directions
Folklife Studies from the Gilded Age: Object, Rite, and Custom in Victorian America
American Material Culture and Folklife
Folk Art and Art Worlds
American Folk Art: A Guide to Sources
Consuming Visions: Accumulation and Display of Goods in America, 1880-1920
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Following Tradition
Folklore in the Discourse of American Culture
Simon J. Bronner
Utah State University Press Logan, Utah
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Copyright 1998 Utah State University Press All rights reserved
Utah State University Press Logan, Utah 84322-7800
Typography by WolfPack Cover Design by Barbara Yale-Read
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Bronner, Simon J. Following tradition: folklore in the discourse of American culture / by Simon J. Bronner. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-87421-239-1 1. FolkloreUnited StatesHistory. 2. Oral traditionUnited StatesHistory. 3. United StatesSocial life and customs. I. Title GR105.B67 1998 398'.0973dc21 97-45342 CIP
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for Robert Gunderson (1915-1996)
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Contents
Illustrations
x
Acknowledgments
xiii
Prologue. The Past and Present in Tradition
1
1. The Problem of Tradition
9
Folklore and the Study of Tradition
12
Folk and Tradition in Popular Discourse
22
Tradition in Scholarly Discourse
41
Tradition in the Press
48
The Politics of Tradition
55
The Character of Tradition
69
2. Folklore and Ideology during the Gilded Age
73
Museums in the Advance of Civilization
75
Folklore at the Fair
85
The Ideology of Evolution
91
Black Folklore and "Progress of the Race"
99
Relativism and the Diversity of American Culture
129
3. The English Connection, from Cultural Survivals to Cultural Studies
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