What Goes Around Comes Around

by Kimberly Lau, Peter Tokofsky (Editor), Stephen Winick (Editor)

Overview

In this collection of essays prominent folklorists look at varied modern uses and contexts of proverbs and proverbial speech, some traditional and conventional, others new and unexpected. After the editors' introduction discussing the history and status of attempts to define proverbs, describing their contemporary circulation, and acknowledging the especially important work of paremiologist Wolfgang Meider, the contributions examine the continuing pervasiveness and idiomatic relevance of proverbs in modern culture.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780874215120
Publisher:	Utah State University Press
Publication date:	10/01/2004
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	196
File size:	1 MB

Table of Contents

Table of Contents Kimberly J. Lau, Peter Tokofsky, and Stephen D. Winick What Goes Around Comes Around: The Circulation of Proverbs in Contemporary Life 1 Charles Clay Doyle ''In Aqua Scribere": The Evolution of a Current Proverb 27 Isaac Jack L¡vy and Rosemary L¡vy Zumwalt "From One Act of Charity, the World Is Saved": Creative Selection of Proverbs in Sephardic Narrative 55 Shirley L. Arora Baseball as (Pan)America: A Sampling of Baseball-Related Metaphors in Spanish 85 Stephen D. Winick "You Can't Kill Shit": Occupational Proverb and Metaphorical System among Young Medical Professionals 129 Jay Mechling "Cheaters Never Prosper" and Other Lies Adults Tell Kids: Proverbs and the Culture Wars over Character 159 Anand Prahlad The Proverb and Fetishism in American Advertisements 187 Jan Harold Brunvand "The Early Bird Is Worth Two in the Bush": Captain Jack Aubrey's Fractured Proverbs 220 Alan Dundes As the Crow Flies: A Straightforward Study of Lineal Worldview in American Folk Speech 248 Contributors and Editors 270