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Daily Life World Folklore and Folklife

0-313-08524-2/978-0-313-08524-6

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What games did you play as a child? What's your grandmother's secret recipe, the neighborhood ghost story, or the joke that gets told at every family gathering? Folklore permeates the everyday lives of people around the world. Every group in every culture creates its own folklore traditions that provide an unparalleled approach to understanding their fears, hopes, loves, wants, taboos, and beliefs.

Reviews:
-"The design of this file is outstanding. The content is useful and substantial. The price is affordable to many. But, most significantly, this file gathers into one place diverse material on folklore that researchers have had to hunt for in years past. Strongly recommended for all collections serving students and researchers in the arts, humanities, sciences, and social sciences." —Library Journal Best Reference 2006
-"JUST HOW GOOD IS IT? The design of WFF is outstanding. The content is useful and substantial. The price is affordable to many. But, most significantly, this exceptional file gathers into one place diverse material researchers have had to hunt for in the past. The combination merits a 10!...World Folklore and Folklife is strongly recommended for all collections serving students and researchrs in the arts, humanities, sciences, and social sciences." —Library Journal
-"World Folklore and Folklife (WFF) is an online file 'tracing the origins and development of all aspects of traditions around the world.' Covering art, history, languages, literature, music, social customs and structures, and religions of the world, its content comes from such titles as The Greenwood Encyclopedia of African American Folklore, The Greenwood Encyclopedia of World Folklore and Folklife, The Greenwood Library of American Folktales, various titles from the Greenwood Folklore Handbooks series, as well as such standards as the Hans Christian Andersen stories and Grimms' fairy tales. Updated twice a year, the file is available by itself or as part of Greenwood's Daily Life Online database.... —Library Journal
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