In this Book
summary
This volume of twenty-one essays about folklore in Texas includes essays on teaching and defining folklore for students: "How I Define Folklore for My Students," "Toward a Definition of Folk Culture," "Beginning Within: Teaching Folklore the Easy Way," "Folklore Fieldwork on the Internet," and others. Essays illustrating folklore:"The Honored Dead: The Ritual of Police Burial," "Gang Graffiti," "Rail Tales: Some Are True," "Dance Halls of East Texas," "The Oil Field Camp," "Tex-Mex Dialect or Gidget Goes to Acuna," and more.
Table of Contents
Cover Page
Flap
Title Page
pp. c-iii
Copyright Page
pp. iv-iv
Contents
pp. v-vi
Between the Cracks of History
pp. vii-x
Essays on Teaching Folklore
pp. 1-1
Classroom Definitions of Folklore
pp. 2-9
Defining Folklore for my Students
pp. 10-15
Folklore and Cinema
pp. 16-26
Toward a Definition of Folk Culture
pp. 27-41
Folklore Fieldwork on the Internet: Some Ethical and Practical Considerations
pp. 42-53
Beginning Within: Teaching Folklore the Easy Way
pp. 54-75
Essays Illustrating Folklore
pp. 76-77
The Honored Dead: The Ritual of Police Burial
pp. 78-93
Meaner than Hell!
pp. 94-101
Gang Graffiti
pp. 102-110
Gideon Lincecum, âKillie Krankie,â and Fiddling in Early Texas
pp. 111-133
The Bluebird Mare from Sterling City
pp. 134-148
The Night the Stars Fell
pp. 149-163
Rail Tales: Some are True
pp. 164-181
Dance Halls of East Texas: From Oral History
pp. 182-192
The Oil Field Camp
pp. 193-204
Noises in the Attic: Adventures of Some Texas Ghosts
pp. 205-214
Repo Man
pp. 215-225
Tex-Mex Dialect or Gidget goes to Acuna
pp. 226-234
Punching Sticks, Flannel Wrapped Bricks, and Pink Powder Purgatives: Spring Rituals
pp. 235-245
When Harley Sadler's Tent Show Came to Town
pp. 246-260
Eating over the Sink and other Marital Strategies
pp. 261-269
Contributors
pp. 270-278
Index
pp. 279-286
National Endowment for the Humanities Funding Information
Back Cover
| ISBN | 9781574410365 |
|---|---|
| MARC Record | Download |
| OCLC | 1136198256 |
| Launched on MUSE | 2019-12-20 |
| Language | English |
| Open Access | Yes |
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