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- Latter-day Lore: Mormon Folklore Studies
- Book
- 2013
- Published by: University of Utah Press
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Latter-day Lore gathers nearly thirty seminal works in Mormon folklore scholarship from its beginnings in the late nineteenth century to the present in order to highlight the depth, breadth, and richness of that scholarship. This examination of LDS folklore studies reveals theoretical, methodological, and topical shifts that also reflect shifts in the field at large. Areas for future research are also suggested.
The thorough introduction by the volume editors elucidates the major influences, tensions, and questions shaping the study of Mormon folklore. The book is divided into six parts according to major thematic and topical patterns. The extensive introductory essays preceding each of the six parts provide invaluable historical, cultural, and theoretical contexts to frame the studies that follow: society, symbols, and landscape of regional culture; formative customs and traditions; the sacred and the supernatural; pioneers, heroes, and the historical imagination; humor; and the international contexts of Mormon folklore.
While exploring the ground that scholars have covered over the past century, Eliason and Mould also illuminate those areas of LDS folklore that have been understudied, exposing fertile areas for future research. Providing the most up-to-date and comprehensive survey of Mormon folklore studies available, Latter-day Lore is an indispensible resource for students, scholars, and readers interested in folklore, Mormon studies, anthropology, sociology, literature, and religious studies.
Table of Contents
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- Acknowledgments
- pp. xi-xii
- Introduction
- pp. 1-22
- Part I
- Mormondomas Regional Culture
- pp. 25-36
- 1. Utah Mormons
- pp. 37-42
- 2. The Mormon Landscape
- pp. 43-47
- 3. The Beehive in Utah Folk Art
- pp. 48-64
- 5. Mormon Gravestones
- pp. 83-90
- Part II
- Making Mormons
- pp. 93-101
- 6. A Mormon from the Cradle to the Grave
- pp. 102-113
- 8. Made in Heaven
- pp. 123-133
- 10. The Beehive Buffet
- pp. 167-174
- Part III
- The Sacred and the Supernatural
- pp. 177-183
- 11. Early Mormon “Magic”
- pp. 184-197
- 13. Transformations of Power
- pp. 215-223
- Part IV
- 16. Fate and the Persecutors of Joseph Smith
- pp. 292-298
- 18. Orrin Porter Rockwell
- pp. 322-332
- 20. Portraits in Song
- pp. 337-348
- Part V
- 22. Sanpete County Humor
- pp. 369-384
- 23. For Time and Eternity
- pp. 385-395
- 24. Hierarch and Mule-skinner
- pp. 396-402
- Part VI
- Beyond Deseret
- pp. 405-414
- 25. On Being Human
- pp. 415-433
- 26. “Gringo Jeringo”
- pp. 434-447
- Bibliography
- pp. 539-579
- Contributors
- pp. 580-584
Additional Information
ISBN
9781607812852
Related ISBN(s)
9781607812845
MARC Record
OCLC
862077881
Pages
576
Launched on MUSE
2016-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No
Copyright
2013