American Folk Legend by Wayland D. Hand 9780520313217 0520313216

American Folk Legend Wayland D. Hand (Editor) – Ebook Instant Download/Delivery ISBN(s): 9780520313217, 0520313216

Product details:

• ISBN 10: 0520313216
• ISBN 13: 9780520313217
• Author: Wayland D. Hand

This title is part of UC Press’s Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1971.

Table contents:

The General Concept of Legend: Some Assumptions to be Reexamined and Reassessed
On the Psychology of Legend
The Usable Myth: The Legends of Modern Mythmakers
Definition and Variation in Folk Legend
The “Belief Legend” in Modern Society: Form, Function, and Relationship to Other Genres
How Shall We Rewrite Charles M. Skinner Today?
Mexican Legendry and the Rise of the Mestizo: A Survey
Hispanic Legend Material: Contrasts Between European and American Attitudes
The Making of the Popular Legendary Hero
Beanie Short: A Civil War Chronicle in Legend and Song
The Sainfs Legend in the Pennsylvania German Folk-Culture
Modern Legends of Mormondom, or, Supernaturalism is Alive and Well in Salt Lake City
Maì Joldloshi: Legendary Styles and Navaho Myth
The Index of American Folk Legends

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