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Womens Folklore, Womens Culture
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Womens Folklore, Womens CultureEdited by Rosan Jordan and Susan KalcikThe studies herein elevate the humble, examine the small domestic detail, set forth the praiseworthy in the everyday, seek joy in the ordinary, capture the comfort in the community of women and their collaboratieve atempts to define their worlds.--Journal of American FolkloreAlmost anyone concerned with womens studies of folklore will find something of interest in this collection of essays. From the dynamics of narration among women in a variety of settings to an ethnographic analysis of a quilting bee and examination of gender differences in joke telling, the essays are uniformly provocative and groundbreaking.--Library JournalThe essays in Womens Folklore, Womens Culture focus on women performers of folklore and on womens genre of folklore. Long ignored, womens folklore is often collaborative and frequently is enacted in the privacy of the domestic sphere. This book provides insights balancing traditional folklore scholarship. All of the authors also explore the relationship between make and female views and worlds.The book begins with the private world of women, performances within the intimacy of family and fields; it then studies womens folklore in the public arena; finally, the book looks at the interrelationships between public and private arenas and between male and female activities.By turning our attention to previously ignored womens realms, these essays provide a new perspective from which to view human culture as a whole and make Womens Folklore, Womens Culture a significant addition to folklore scholarshipPublications of the American Folklore Society1985 | 260 pages | 6 x 9 | 38 illus.ISBN 978-0-8122-1206-8 | Paper | $29.95s | £19.50 World Rights | Anthropology, Womens/Gender Studies
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