Folklore
Subtitle: an encyclopedia of beliefs, customs, tales, music, and art
By: edited by Thomas A. Green.
Contributors: Green, Thomas A., 1944-
Publisher: ABC-CLIO
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Santa Barbara, Calif
Language: eng
Subjects: Folklore -- Encyclopedias
Genres: Encyclopedias.
Description: "From anecdotes, boasts, and children's stories to urban tall tales, vampires, and Xerox-lore, this superb scholarly dictionary illuminates the historical and contemporary form, figures, and fields of folklore.  In over 240 in-depth articles by leading scholars, basic cultural concepts, academic theories and methodologies, supernatural creatures and stereotypical characters are discussed with regard to the field of folklore.  This cross-cultural study emcompasses literary and oral traditions as well as music, art, architecture, foodways, and other customs."--"Outstanding Reference Sources : the 1999 Selection of New Titles", American Libraries, May 1999.  Comp. by the Reference Sources Committee, USA, ALA.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: v. 1. A-H; title: v. 2. I-Z.