What goes around comes around
Subtitle: the circulation of proverbs in contemporary life
By: edited by Kimberly J. Lau, Peter Tokofsky, Stephen D. Winick.
Contributors: Lau, Kimberly J.; Tokofsky, Peter, 1963-; Winick, Stephen D., 1968-; Mieder, Wolfgang.
Publisher: Utah State University Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Logan
Language: eng
Number of pages: 190
Subjects: Proverbs -- History and criticism.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
"Essays in honor of Wolfgang Mieder"--P. [ii].
Table of contents: title: What goes around comes around : the circulation of proverbs in contemporary life / Kimberly J. Lau, Peter Tokofsky, and Stephen D. Winick; title: "In aqua scribere" : the evolution of a current proverb / Charles Clay Doyle; title: "From one act of charity, the world is saved" : creative selection of proverbs in Sephardic narrative / Isaac Jack Lévy and Rosemary Lévy Zumwalt; title: Baseball as (pan)America : a sampling of baseball-related metaphors in Spanish / Shirley L. Arora; title: "You can't kill shit" : occupational proverb and metaphorical system among young medical professionals / Stephen D. Winick; title: "Cheaters never prosper" and other lies adults tell kids : proverbs and the culture wars over character / Jay Mechling; title: The proverb and fetishism in American advertisements / Anand Prahlad; title: "The early bird is worth two in the bush" : Captain Jack Aubrey's fractured proverbs / Jan Harold Brunvand; title: As the crow flies : a straightforward study of lineal worldview in American folk speech / Alan Dundes.