In search of authenticity
In search of authenticity: the formation of folklore studies Regina Bendix
Publisher: Madison, Wis. : University of Wisconsin Press, c1997.
ISBN: 0299155447
DDC: 398.0973
Edition: (paper : alk. paper)
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 261-294) and index.
Pt. 1. The Instrumentalization of Authenticity. 1. Poetry, History,
and Democracy: Locating Authenticity. 2. From Experience to
Representation: The Onset of a Scientific Search for Authenticity. 3.
American Romanticism and the Emergence of Folklore Studies -- Pt. 2.
The Role of Authenticity in Shaping Folkloristic Theory, Application,
and Institutionalization. 4. Latent Authenticity Quests in Folklore
Definitions and Theories in Turn-of-the-Century Germany. 5. Defining
a Field, Defining America -- Pt. 3. Questioning the Canon. 6.
Departures and Revisions: Toward a Volkskunde Without Canon. 7. From
Fakelore to the Politics of Culture: The Changing Contours of
American Folkloristics. 8. Epilogue.
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