TY  - BOOK
AU  - Bronner,Simon J.
TI  - Following tradition: folklore in the discourse of American culture 
SN  - 9780874213645
AV  - GR105 .B67 1998eb
U1  - 398/.0973 21
PY  - 1998///
CY  - Logan, Utah
PB  - Utah State University Press
KW  - Folklore
KW  - United States
KW  - History
KW  - Oral tradition
KW  - États-Unis
KW  - Histoire
KW  - Tradition orale
KW  - SOCIAL SCIENCE
KW  - Folklore & Mythology
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - General
KW  - fast
KW  - Manners and customs
KW  - Volkskunde
KW  - gnd
KW  - Kultur
KW  - Folkloristik
KW  - Geschichte
KW  - Tradition
KW  - Anthropology
KW  - hilcc
KW  - Social Sciences
KW  - ram
KW  - Social life and customs
KW  - Mœurs et coutumes
KW  - USA
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 518-589) and index; The problem of tradition --; Folklore and ideology during the Gilded Age --; The English connection, from cultural survivals to cultural studies --; Studies --; The Americanization of the Brothers Grimm --; Martha Warren Beckwith and the rise of academic authority --; Alfred Shoemaker and the discovery of American folklife --; Henry W. Shoemaker and the fable of public folklore --; Richard Dorson and the great debates --; Displaying American tradition in folk arts; Electronic reproduction; [Place of publication not identified]; HathiTrust Digital Library; 2010
N2  - Following Tradition is an expansive examination of the history of tradition--"one of the most common as well as most contested terms in English language usage"--In Americans' thinking and discourse about culture. Tradition in use becomes problematic because of "its multiple meanings and its conceptual softness." As a term and a concept, it has been important in the development of all scholarly fields that study American culture. Folklore, history, American studies, anthropology, cultural studies, and others assign different value and meaning to tradition
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