Children's Folklore : A Source Book /
Children's Folklore : A Source Book /
edited by Brian Sutton-Smith ... [et al.].
- 1 online resource (392 pages): ill., digital file.
- Book collections on Project MUSE. .
Issued as part of book collections on Project MUSE. 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.
Open Access
9780874213577
Folklore--Methodology.
Children and folklore.
Children--Folklore.
Electronic books.
GR43.C4 / C45 1999 GR475 / .C49 1999
398/.083
Issued as part of book collections on Project MUSE. 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.
Open Access
9780874213577
Folklore--Methodology.
Children and folklore.
Children--Folklore.
Electronic books.
GR43.C4 / C45 1999 GR475 / .C49 1999
398/.083