Edward H. Fitzpatrick
Required Texts
Richard M. Dorson,
American Folklore.
James Deetz,
In Small Things Forgotten
.
Wilbur Zelinsky,
The Cultural Geography of the United States.
Theodore Rosengarten,
All God’s Dangers
.
William Ferris,
Blues From the Delta.
Allen Tullos, ed.,
Long Journey Home: Folklife in the South (
Southern Exposure, v. 5, #203).
Lawrence Levine,
Black Culture and Black Consciousness.
William Ferris, ea.,
Images of the South: Visits with Eudora Welty and Walker Evans
.
Xerox package. (reading marked with an asterisk available in xerox)
INTRODUCTION
1.
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What is Folklore
?
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Richard M. Dorson,
American Folklore
.
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Allen Tullos, Introduction to
Long Journey Home
, pp. 6-10.
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William Ferris, ea.,
Images of the South: Visits with Eudora Welty and Walker Evans
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MATERIAL CULTURE
2.
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Folk Art, Architecture & Technology I
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James Deetz,
In Small Things Forgotten
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*Henry Glassie, “Folk Art” in Dorson’s
Folklore & Folklife
, pp. 253-280.
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*William Ferris, “Vision in Afro-American Art: The Sculpture of James Thomas,”
Journal of American Folklore
, 88 (348) April-June 1975, 115-131.
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Folk Art, Architecture & Technology I
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Wilbur Zelinsky,
The Cultural Geography of the United States
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*Roger Welch, “We Are What We Eat: Omaha Food as Symbol,”
Keystone Folklore Quarterly
, XVI (4), Winter 1971, p. 165-170.
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*Yvonne R. Lockwood, “The Sauna: An Expression of Finnish-American Identity,”
Western Folklore Quarterly
, 36 (1), January 1977, p. 71-84.
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VERBAL ART
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Myths, Legends and Folk Tales
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*Frank Cushing, “The Cock and the Mouse,” in Dundes,
The Study of Folklore
, pp. 269-279.
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Lawrence Levine, “The Meaning of Slave Tales,” pp. 81Ð135 in
Black Culture
.
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*Zora Neale Hurston,
Mules and Men
, pp. 17Ð82.
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*Richard M. Dorson,
American Negro Folktales
, pp. 12-64, 68-81, 172-186.
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*Katherine Morgan, “Caddy Buffers: Legends of a Middle Class Negro Family in Philadelphia,” in Dundes,
Mother Wit
, pp. 595-610.
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NOTE:
Prospectus for term project due
5.
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Minor Genres
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Lawrence Levine, “Black Laughter,” pp. 298-366 and “A Pantheon of Heroes,” pp. 367-440 in
Black Culture
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*Naome and Eli Katz, “Tradition and Adaptation in American Jewish Humor,”
Journal of American Folklore
, 84 (332), April-June 1971, pp. 215-220.
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*Ed Cray, “The Rabbi Trickster,”
Journal of American Folklore
, 77 (306), October-December 1964, pp. 331-345.
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*William R. Bascom, “Four Functions of Folklore,” in Dundes,
The Study of Folklore
, pp. 279-299.
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*Alan Dundes, “Thinking Ahead: A Folkloristic Reflection on the Future Orientation in American World View,”
Anthropological Quarterly
, (42) 1969, pp. 53-72.
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6.
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Folk History
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Theodore Rosengarten,
All God’s Dangers: The Life of Nate Shaw
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FOLK BELIEF
7.
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Folk Medicine and Folk Religion
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Lawrence Levine, “The Sacred World of the Black Slaves,” pp. 3-80 and “Freedom, Culture and Religion,” pp. 136-189 in
Black Culture
.
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*Don Yoder, “Folk Medicine,” in Dorson
Folklore and Folklife
, pp. 191-216.
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*John C. Messinger, “Folk Religion,” in Dorson
Folklore and Folklife
, pp. 217-232.
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John Vlatch, “Graveyards and Afro-American Art” in
Southern Exposure,
pp. 161-165.
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Brett Sutton, “In the Good Old Way: Primitive Baptist Tradition,”
Southern Exposure
, pp. 97-104.
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FOLK MUSIC
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White Country Music
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*MacEdward Leach,
The Ballad Book
, pp. 1-44, 81-88, 277-280, 753-766.
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Charles Wolfe, “Tracking the Lost String Band,”
Southern Exposure
, pp. 11-20
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Buell E. Cobb, Jr., “Fasola Folk: Sacred Harp Singing,”
Southern Exposure
, pp. 48-53.
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Charles Camp and David Whismart, “A Voice From Home: Southern Mountain Musicians on the Maryland-Pennsylvania Border,”
Southern Exposure
, pp. 80-89.
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Sue Thrasher, “Pure Country: Wilma Lee and Stoney Cooper,”
Southern Exposure
, pp. 90-96.
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John Cohen, “A Visitor’s Recollection,”
Southern Exposure
, pp. 115-118.
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9.
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Black Song
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Lawrence Levine, “The Rise of Secular Song,” pp. 190-297, and “Epilogue,” pp. 441-445 in
Black Culture
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William Ferris,
Blues From the Delta
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Suggested Films For Use In The Folklore Unit
MUSIC: “Gravel Springs Fife and Drum”
(16 M, Color, 10 Min.)
“Mississippi Delta Blues”
(16 M, Black and White, 18 Min.)
“Delta Blues Singer James ‘Son Ford’ Thomas”
(16 M, Black and White, 45 Min.)
“Give My Poor Heart Ease: Mississippi Delta Bluesman”
(16 M, Black and White, 20 Min.)
CRAFTS “Made in Mississippi: Black Folk Arts and Crafts”
(
16 M, Color, 20 Min
.)
RELIGION: “Black Delta Religion”
(16 M, Black and White, 15 Min.)
“Two Black Churches”
(16 M, Color, 20 Min.)
—Should be of particular interest since one of these churches is located in New Haven
“Fannie Bell Chapman: Gospel Singer”
(16 M, Color, 42 Min.)
TALES: “Ray Lum: Mule Trader”
(16 M, Color, 18 Min.)
“I Ain’t Lying: Folktales From Mississippi”
(
16 M, Color, 20 Min
.)