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Jacqueline S. Thursby
ISBN: 0-313-33430-7
ISBN-13: 978-0-313-33430-6
200 pages
Greenwood Press
Publication: 5/30/2006
List Price: $55.00 (UK Sterling Price: £37.95)
Discount Price: $27.50 Sale Price for U.S. Customers Only. Save 50%. Ends 12/31/2009.
Availability: In Stock
Media Type: Hardcover
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
Subjects: Reviews:
  • The Greenwood Folklore Handbooks are designed as reference sources for high school and undergraduate students....Jacqueline Thursby's new book is an accessible and interesting contribution to this series. It will serve as an useful introduction to major storytelling genres and significant texts, and the book also provides a helpful overview of important scholarship about folklore....The book succeeds as a handbook for beginning students and a general audience. The arrangement is logical and helpful, and readers will find Thursby's bibliographic references to be valuable sources for finding good compilations and further scholarship.
    —Journal of Folklore Research     2007
  • Thursby defines and classifies the most prominent type of stories, both oral and written, and shares story examples and narratives from around the world.
    —American Libraries     September 2006
  • For high school and undergraduate students and general readers, Thursby explains the meaning and use of many different kinds of stories, presents a number of exemplary texts, samples scholarly approaches to oral storytelling, and discusses contexts in which stories are told.
    —Reference & Research Book News     August 2006
Description: Folklore is the cultural expression of a people, and it makes up key elements of the stories they tell. Using easily accessible language, this book defines, separates, and gracefully weaves together story and folklore. From the ancient world of traveling bards in Europe, Asia, Africa, and South America, to the contemporary world of storytelling festivals, fan fiction, and digital story conferences, this reference unravels confusion between concepts of folklore and story, and demonstrates how they are linked. Included are numerous examples and texts, a review of critical approaches, and a discussion of story in literature and popular culture.

Story informs folklore, and folklore informs story. The complex relationship between them is compounded by many definitions and points of view generated by scholars over time. Humans construct their sense of the world through story, vernacular transmission, and folklore. Folklore is the cultural expression of people, and it makes up the key elements of the stories they tell. Written for high school students and general readers, this reference conveniently overviews story as a folklore genre.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
    Definitions and Classifications
    Examples and Texts
    Scholarship and Approaches
    Contexts
    Glossary
    Bibliography
    Web Resources
    Index
About the Author: Jacqueline S. Thursby is Associate Professor of English at Brigham Young University, where she specializes in folklore studies. Her previous books include Mother's Table, Father's Chair: Cultural Narratives of Basque American Women (1999).
PDF Catalogs:
Folklore and Folklife 2007.pdf
Sale Catalog 2008.pdf
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