Folklore Matters

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Author:

Dundes, Alan

ISBN:

978-0-87049-776-6

Publication Date:

Jan 1993

Publisher:

University of Tennessee Press

Book Format:

Paperback

List Price:

USD $24.95

Book Description:

'. . . not a large book, but that makes all the more admirable the way the more admirable the way the author succeeds in doing justice to so many of the most important subjects in folkloristics. This book is a key work, and should be made compulsory reading in every university in which folkloristics is studied.'-Jon Hnefill Aoalsteinsson, Asian Folklore Studies

Book Details

Pages:	188
Detailed Subjects:	Social Science / Folklore & Mythology
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):	5.57 x 8.48 x 0.7 Inches
Book Weight:	0.59 Pounds

Author Biography

Dundes, Alan (Author)

Anthropologist and folklorist Alan Dundes was born in 1934 in New York City. He received his BA in English in 1955 and his MAT in English in 1958, both from Yale University. He received his Ph.D in Folklore from Indiana University in 1962 and in 1963 he joined the teaching staff at the University of California, Berkley. He wrote over 250 journal articles and12 books and co-wrote more than 20 other books. In 1993, he became the first American to win the Pitre Prize's Sigillo d'Oro, which is an international life-time achievement award in folklore and ethnography. He died of a heart attack on March 30, 2004 at the age of 70.

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