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Children's folklore : a handbook
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Children's folklore : a handbook

Author: Elizabeth Tucker
Publisher: Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, ©2008.
Series: Greenwood folklore handbooks
Edition/Format: Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Elizabeth Tucker
ISBN: 9780313341892 0313341893
OCLC Number: 226357704
Description: viii, 164 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents: One. Introduction. Light as a feather-- -- Tradition and creativity -- Reflections of social and political change -- Collecting folklore from children -- Folklore and education -- Two. Definitions and classifications. Childhood -- Folklore -- Play -- Riddles, jokes, and routines of victimization -- Rhymes -- Taunts and counter-taunts -- Songs -- Cheers -- Games -- Pranks -- Narratives -- Rituals -- Material culture -- Three. Examples and texts. Introduction -- Riddles, jokes, and routines of victimization -- Rhymes -- Taunts and counter-taunts -- Songs -- Cheers -- Games -- Pranks -- Narratives -- Rituals -- Material culture -- Four. Scholarship and approaches. Founding scholars -- Playground pioneers -- Performance -- Psychoanalytic approaches -- Gender -- Space and place -- The supernatural -- Cross-cultural comparison -- Aggression and violence -- Five. Contexts. Autobiography -- Children's literature -- Film -- Television -- Toys and games -- Dolls.
Series Title: Greenwood folklore handbooks
Responsibility: Elizabeth Tucker.

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