The marrow of human experience
Subtitle: essays on folklore
By: by William A. Wilson ; edited by Jill Terry Rudy with the assistance of Diane Call
Contributors: Rudy, Jill Terry, 1963-; Call, Diane
Publisher: Utah State University Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Logan, UT
Language: eng
Number of pages: 321
Subjects: Folklore and nationalism; National characteristics; Folklore -- Finland; Mormons -- Folklore
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 299-310) and index

"William A. Wilson's published works": p. 293-297
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: The importance of folklore; title: The deeper necessity : folklore and the humanities; title: Building bridges : folklore in the academy; title: Arts and cultural policy; title: "Something there is that doesn't love a wall"; title: The folk speak : everyday life in pioneer oral narratives; title: Documenting folklore; title: Folklore and national identity; title: Herder, folklore, and romantic nationalism; title: Sibelius, the Kalevala, and Karelianism; title: Folklore, nationalism, and the challenge of the future; title: Finns in a new world : a folkloristic perspective; title: Folklore, religion, and who we are; title: The concept of the west and other hindrances to the study of Mormon folklore; title: The study of Mormon folklore : an uncertain mirror for truth; title: On being human : the folklore of Mormon missionaries; title: The seriousness of Mormon humor; title: Freeways, parking lots, and ice cream stands : three nephites in contemporary Mormon culture; title: "Teach me all that I must do" : the practice of Mormon religion; title: Personal narratives : the family novel; title: A daughter's biography of William A. Wilson, Denise Wilson Jamsa; title: William A. Wilson's published works