Authenticity is a notion much debated, among discussants as diverse as cultural theorists
and art dealers, music critics and tour operators. The desire to find and somehow capture or …

This volume introduces a new concept to explore the dynamic relationship between folklore
and popular culture: the “folkloresque.” With “folkloresque,” Foster and Tolbert name the …

The state of folkloristics at the beginning of the twenty-first century is depressingly
worrisome. Graduate programs in folklore around the world have been disestablished or …

Looking at examples of cultural practices listed by UNESCO as intangible heritage, this
article appropriates the term “folklorization” from authenticity discourses and argues that the …

In the late 18th and early 19th centuries, under the sway of Romantic Nationalism, folklore
emerged. Both the public understanding of folklore and the ways it is studied by folklorists …

The 1998 Bad Homburg symposium revealed incommensurabilities in the ways that
American folklorists and German Volkskundler understand their roles in public life. So …

The dichotomy between pure and applied folklore has obscured the ideological, political,
and economic bases of folklore as it is studied in the academy and practiced in the public …

" In their study of social practices deemed traditional, scholars tend to use the concept and
idea of tradition as an element of meaning in the practices under investigation. But just …

A collection of fifteen essays exploring what folklore is, its history, and how it all connects to
the world. Celebrated folklorist, Dorothy Noyes, offers an unforgettable glimpse of her craft …

International folkloristics is a worldwide discipline in which scholars study various forms of
folklore ranging from myth, folktale, and legend to custom and belief. Twenty classic essays …