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Children's Folklore A Source Book / edited by Brian Sutton-Smith ... [et al.].

Contributor(s): Sutton-Smith, Brian | Project Muse | Project Muse [distributor]Material type: TextTextPublisher: Utah State University Press, Manufacturer: Project MUSE, Description: 1 online resource (1 electronic text xii, 378 p.) : ill., digital fileISBN: 9780874213577; 0874213576Subject(s): Folklore -- Methodology | Children and folklore | Children -- FolkloreGenre/Form: Electronic books. | Electronic books. Additional physical formats: Print version:: No titleDDC classification: 398/.083 LOC classification: GR43.C4 | C45 1999GR475 | .C49 1999Online resources: Full text available:
Contents:
Introduction: What is children's folklore? -- Who are the folklorists of childhood? - Overview: History of children's folklore -- The complexity of children's folklore -- The transmmission of children's folklore -- Overview: Methods in children's folklore -- Double dutch and double cameras: studying the transmission of culture in an urban school yard -- Children's games and gaming -- Methodological problems of collecting folklore from children -- Overview: Children's folklore concerns -- Songs, poems, and rhymes -- Riddles -- Tales and legends -- Teases and pranks -- Overview: Settings and activities -- Children's lore in school and playgrounds -- Material folk culture of children -- Children's folklore in residential institutions: Summer camps, boarding schools, hospitals, and custodial facilities -- The past in the present: Theoretical directions for children's folklore -- Bibliography of children's folklore.
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Originally published: New York : Garland, 1995, in series: Garland reference library of social science ; vol. 647.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: What is children's folklore? -- Who are the folklorists of childhood? - Overview: History of children's folklore -- The complexity of children's folklore -- The transmmission of children's folklore -- Overview: Methods in children's folklore -- Double dutch and double cameras: studying the transmission of culture in an urban school yard -- Children's games and gaming -- Methodological problems of collecting folklore from children -- Overview: Children's folklore concerns -- Songs, poems, and rhymes -- Riddles -- Tales and legends -- Teases and pranks -- Overview: Settings and activities -- Children's lore in school and playgrounds -- Material folk culture of children -- Children's folklore in residential institutions: Summer camps, boarding schools, hospitals, and custodial facilities -- The past in the present: Theoretical directions for children's folklore -- Bibliography of children's folklore.

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