The Individual and Tradition

Folkloristic Perspectives

By: Ray Cashman (Editor), Tom Mould (Editor), Pravina Shukla (Editor)

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Paperback | 21 September 2011

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Profiles of artists and performers from around the world form the basis of this innovative volume that explores the many ways individuals engage with, carry on, revive, and create tradition. Leading scholars in folklore studies consider how the field has addressed the connections between performer and tradition and examine theoretical issues involved in fieldwork and the analysis and dissemination of scholarship in the context of relationships with the performers. Honoring Henry Glassie and his remarkable contributions to the field of folklore, these vivid case studies exemplify the best of performer-centered ethnography.

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[This] volume is a significant contribution to the field as well as a useful tool for teaching and research.

* Journal of American Folklore *

This book is strongly recommended to anyone interested in vernacular traditions and their re-creation in the individual imagination

* Journal of Folklore Research *

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Introduction: The Individual and Tradition	p. 1
Entering Tradition: Kim Ellington, Catawba Valley Potter	p. 27
Delight in Skill: The Scone Carvers' Art	p. 47
The "Talking Machine Story Teller": Cal Stewart and the Remediation of Storytelling	p. 71
Chief Ovia Idah: Bricoleur of Benin City and a Star for All Times	p. 93
Place Matters: A Wooden Boat Builder in the Twenty-First Century	p. 113
A Backdoor into Performance	p. 127
The Maintenance of Heritage: Kersti Jobs-Björklöf and Swedish Folk Costume	p. 145
The World of Ogre-Tile Makers: The Onihyaku Line in Hekinan, japan	p. 171
Bringing Them Back: Wanda Aragon and the Revival of Historic Pottery Designs at Acoma	p. 195
Artistic Courage in Small Groups: Identity, Intermediality, and Indian Country	p. 219
Navigating the Legends of Treasure Island: Narrative, Maps, and the Material	p. 235
Fluid Identities: Madame d'Aulnoy, Mother Bunch, and Fairy-Tale History	p. 249
Counting the Stars: The Study of Creativity on a Human Scale, or How a Bunch of Cajun and German Farmers and Fabricators in Louisiana Invented a Traditional Amphibious Boat	p. 265
On Middle-Range Structures in Heroic Epic	p. 287
The Role of Tradition in the Individual: At Work in Donegal with Packy Jim McGrath	p. 303
Customizing Myth: The Personal in the Public	p. 323
David Drake: Potter, Poet, Rebel	p. 343
The Mother's Voice: An Analysis of the Content of Turkish Lullabies	p. 353
Contested Performance and Joke Aesthetics	p. 365
Vernacular Interpretation in a Public Folklore Event: Listening to the Call of Florida Fiddlers, Three	p. 387
Georgia Decoy Maker Ernie Mills: A Folk Artist Defines His Work	p. 409
Rapid Transportation	p. 429
Working Through Tradition: Rug Farming In Anatolia	p. 441
A Few of My Favorite Things about North Carolina Pottery	p. 455
That's Where I Came In: Henry and His Teachers	p. 471
At the Black Pig's Dyke and Other Writing: Crossing Borders of Art and Tradition	p. 483
A Folklorist's Work: Henry Glassie's Life in the Field	p. 499
Acknowledgments	p. 529
Tabula Gratulatoda	p. 531
Contributors	p. 533
Index	p. 541
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