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American academic and public folklore: late-twentieth-century musings

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The training differences between public and academic US folklorists are discussed, focusing on academic folklorists' abilities to cross over into public folklore. Topics include history of US oral tradition, financing of folklore higher education, and creation of federal cultural programs that address US political and social change.

Author: Abrahams, Roger D.
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Publication Name: Journal of Folklore Research
Subject: Anthropology/archeology/folklore
ISSN: 0737-7037
Year: 1999
Finance, Education, Higher, Higher education, Vocational guidance, Multiculturalism

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The role of expert in public folklore: response to Robert Baron

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The differences between German and US folklore study techniques are analyzed, focusing on German folklorists' impact in the public sphere. The author argues that a minimal number of German folklorists are academically trained, therefore the differentiation between academic and public folklore techniques is insignificant.

Author: Burckhardt-Seebass, Christine
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Publication Name: Journal of Folklore Research
Subject: Anthropology/archeology/folklore
ISSN: 0737-7037
Year: 1999
Training

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Disengagement by engagement: Volkskunde in a period of change

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The development of German public folklore after World War II is analyzed, focusing on the differences between German and American folklore studies. National debates regarding the social impact of folklore research, Nazi influence on German folklore, and the growing interest in folk music and protest songs are evaluated.

Author: Bausinger, Hermann
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Publication Name: Journal of Folklore Research
Subject: Anthropology/archeology/folklore
ISSN: 0737-7037
Year: 1999
Folk music, Protest songs

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Subjects list: Social aspects, United States, History, Study and teaching, Folklore, Public folklore, Folklorists, Oral tradition, Germany
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