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The Story Behind the Book,
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This review is from: African Folklore (Paperback)
This superb book had its beginnings in Indiana at the Bloomington campus of Indiana University. An African Folklore Conference was held at the college in 1970. Research papers were presented by folklorists, historians, and colleagues of Richard M. Dorson (1916-1981), IU professor and editor of this book. Professor Dorson led the way for folklore studies to venture from simplistic "wives-tales" to scholarly research, documentation and fieldwork. The first part of this book is an introductory essay written by Professor Dorson. He links folklore, anthropology, literary and oral history concepts to introduce the reader to the second section of the book. Part II is comprised of 16 papers, all presented at the Conference. Part III of the book is actual African folklore. The samples come all areas of Africa. Please note that this book is meant for adult readers, but many excerpts could be shared with children.
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African Folklore by Richard Dorson (Paperback - Jan. 1972)
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