Folklore, Cultural Performances, and Popular Entertainments: A Communications-centered Handbook / Edition 1

by Richard Bauman

Overview

This collection of thirty-seven entries selected from the more than 550 that make up the International Encyclopedia of Communications focuses on expressive forms and practices that are popular and participatory in nature: folklore forms such as folktale and riddle; cultural performances such as ritual and festival; and popular entertainments such as puppetry and mime. Cross-references within each individual entry facilitate exploration within the volume, while bibliographies appended to each entry direct the reader to related literature. Covering basic concepts, analytical perspectives, communicative media, expressive genres, and complex performance events, this concise yet comprehensive book is a handy reference for those interested in folklore and its growing role in drama, anthropology, and cultural studies.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780195069204
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	05/14/1992
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	336
Product dimensions:	5.48(w) x 8.16(h) x 1.02(d)

About the Author

Indiana University

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION, Richard BaumanBASIC CONCEPTSFolklore, Richard BaumanCulture, Asa BriggsPerformance, Richard BaumanEthnomusicology, John BlackingEthnopoetics, Dennis TedlockHumor, Mahadev L. ApteOral culture, Jack GoodyOral history, Trevor LummisPlay, Andrew W. MiracleVERBAL GENRESFolktale, Dan Ben-AmosGossip, Donald BrenneisInsult, Roger D. AbrahamsOral Poetry, Ruth FinneganOratory, Alessandro DurantiProverb, Galit Hasan-RokemRiddle, Thomas A. GreenSong, Marcia HerndonSpeech play, John Holmes McDowellNONVERBAL FORMSArtifact, Barbara A. BabcockClothing, Werner EnningerDance, Adrienne L. KaepplerFood, Judith GoodeGesture, Adam KendonMask, Elizabeth TonkinMusic, folk and traditional, Jeff Todd TiltonCULTURAL PERFORMANCESDrama, performance, Richard SchechnerFestival, Beverly J. StoeltjeGenre, Richard BaumanMime, Anya Peterson RoycePuppetry, Peter D. ArnottRitual, Roy A. RappaportSpectacle, Frank E. ManningTourism, Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett and Edward M. Bruner