Children's folklore
Subtitle: a handbook
By: Elizabeth Tucker.
Series: Greenwood folklore handbooks
Publisher: Greenwood Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Westport, Conn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 164
ISBN-13: 9780313341892
Subjects: Folklore and children -- Handbooks, manuals, etc; Children -- Folklore -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
Genres: Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Light as a feather; title: Tradition and creativity; title: Reflections of social and political change; title: Collecting folklore from children; title: Folklore and education; title: Definitions and classifications; title: Childhood; title: Folklore; title: Play; title: Riddles, jokes, and routines of victimization; title: Rhymes; title: Taunts and counter-taunts; title: Songs; title: Cheers; title: Games; title: Pranks; title: Narratives; title: Rituals; title: Material culture; title: Examples and texts; title: Introduction; title: Riddles, jokes, and routines of victimization; title: Rhymes; title: Taunts and counter-taunts; title: Songs; title: Cheers; title: Games; title: Pranks; title: Narratives; title: Rituals; title: Material culture; title: Scholarship and approaches; title: Founding scholars; title: Playground pioneers; title: Performance; title: Psychoanalytic approaches; title: Gender; title: Space and place; title: The supernatural; title: Cross-cultural comparison; title: Aggression and violence; title: Contexts; title: Autobiography; title: Children's literature; title: Film; title: Television; title: Toys and games; title: Dolls.