Search engine for discovering works of Art, research articles, and books related to Art and Culture
Javascript must be enabled to continue!
Folklore and the Search for Home (American Folklore Society Presidential Invited Plenary Address, October 2008)
View through CrossRef
Abstract
Folklore in many ways is the search for an understanding of what home means. Folklore makes us feel at home in our identities. But what can the search for home mean in an age when the soul is global, in an age when the circle of the "we" must expand to create ever more inclusive communities? Should we cling to the folklore of all our little tribes, when building a commonwealth seems more urgent? I will address these questions both in general terms and in light of my own Cuban fieldwork experiences, where my search for home has led me to become an uneasy folklorist.
Title: Folklore and the Search for Home (American Folklore Society Presidential Invited Plenary Address, October 2008)
Description:
Abstract
Folklore in many ways is the search for an understanding of what home means.
Folklore makes us feel at home in our identities.
But what can the search for home mean in an age when the soul is global, in an age when the circle of the "we" must expand to create ever more inclusive communities? Should we cling to the folklore of all our little tribes, when building a commonwealth seems more urgent? I will address these questions both in general terms and in light of my own Cuban fieldwork experiences, where my search for home has led me to become an uneasy folklorist.
Related Results
". . . Hidden Right out in the Open": The Field of Folklore and the Problem of Invisibility 1998 American Folklore Society Presidential Address
". . . Hidden Right out in the Open": The Field of Folklore and the Problem of Invisibility 1998 American Folklore Society Presidential Address
Abstract
This address represents an attempt to sketch a history of academic folklore in the United States as a way of understanding the difficulties that the field h...
Fifty Years in Folklore
Fifty Years in Folklore
Abstract
Much like Tim Lloyd, Robert Teske stumbled into folklore in the undergraduate classroom. He soon found himself a member of the first class of undergraduate ...
Metaethnography in the Age of "Popular Folklore"
Metaethnography in the Age of "Popular Folklore"
Abstract
This article focuses on the current proliferation of ethnographies written by nonprofessional ethnographers, a mode of cultural production I call "popular f...
The Society of 27 Book Lovers (1930-1940): Membership, Relationships, Atmosphere
The Society of 27 Book Lovers (1930-1940): Membership, Relationships, Atmosphere
The Society of 27 Book Lovers in Kaunas that functioned in 1930–1940 played an important role in the history of Lithuanian culture. It signified the outset of the organized bibliop...
A Conversation with Timothy Lloyd
A Conversation with Timothy Lloyd
Abstract
The period from the late 1960s to the late 1970s brought enormous growth in academic folklore, as well as a maturation of the applied dimension of our profe...
Introduction: Earlier Experience of Collecting and Researching School Lore in Estonia and Slovenia
Introduction: Earlier Experience of Collecting and Researching School Lore in Estonia and Slovenia
The current issue of the journal Folklore: Electronic Journal of Folklore was created as a collaboration between Estonian and Slovenian folklorists and ethnologists within the join...
Florence Nightingale and the Irish Uncanny
Florence Nightingale and the Irish Uncanny
This article characterizes Florence Nightingale's nursing reform as the cleaning of the Victorian home which she found unheimlich. She laid strong emphasis on an improvement in the...
Folklore Studies: Lynchpin for Curriculum Transformation?
Folklore Studies: Lynchpin for Curriculum Transformation?
Towards the end of 2015, the South African Higher Education landscape experienced a number of interesting and/or frustrating events such as the #RhodesMustFall, #FeesMustFall movem...