Between the Cracks of History
Francis Edward Abernethy, ed.
Publisher: University of North Texas Press
Imprint: Publications of the Texas Folklore Society
Pages: 284
Print ISBN: 9781574410365
eBook ISBN: 9781574410365
DESCRIPTION
This volume of twenty-one essays about folklore in Texas includes essays on teaching and defining folklore for students: "How I Define Folklore for My Students," "Toward a Definition of Folk Culture," "Beginning Within: Teaching Folklore the Easy Way," "Folklore Fieldwork on the Internet," and others. Essays illustrating folklore:"The Honored Dead: The Ritual of Police Burial," "Gang Graffiti," "Rail Tales: Some Are True," "Dance Halls of East Texas," "The Oil Field Camp," "Tex-Mex Dialect or Gidget Goes to Acuna," and more.
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