Children's folklore : a source book / edited by Brian Sutton-Smith [and others]

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Sutton-Smith, Brian
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Garland Pub., 1995.
Series:Garland reference library of social science ; v. 647.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : What is children's folklore? / Brian Sutton-Smith
  • Who are the folklorists of childhood? / Sylvia Ann Grider
  • Overview : History of children's folklore / Brian Sutton-Smith
  • The complexity of children's folklore / Rosemary Levy Zumwalt
  • The transmission of children's folklore / John H. McDowell
  • Overview : Methods in children's folklore / Brian Sutton-Smith
  • Double dutch and double cameras : Studying the transmission of culture in an urban school yard / Ann Richman Beresin
  • Children's games and gaming / Linda A. Hughes
  • Methodological problems of collecting folklore from children / Gary Alan Fine
  • Overview : Children's folklore concerns / Brian Sutton-Smith
  • Songs, poems, and rhymes / C.W. Sullivan III
  • Riddles / Danielle M. Roemer
  • Tales and legends / Elizabeth Tucker
  • Teases and pranks / Marilyn Jorgensen
  • Overview : Settings and activities / Brian Sutton-Smith
  • Children's lore in school and playgrounds / Bernard Mergen
  • Material folk culture of children / Simon J. Bronner
  • Children's folklore in residential institutions : Summer camps, boarding schools, hospitals, and custodial facilities / Jay Mechling
  • The past in the present : Theoretical directions for children's folklore / Felicia R. McMahon and Brian Sutton-Smith.