In this Book
- Between the Cracks of History
- Book
- 1997
- Published by: University of North Texas Press
- Series: Publications of the Texas Folklore Society
summary
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.
Table of Contents
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- Title Page
- pp. c-iii
- Copyright Page
- p. iv
- Between the Cracks of History
- pp. vii-x
- Defining Folklore for my Students
- pp. 10-15
- Folklore and Cinema
- pp. 16-26
- Toward a Definition of Folk Culture
- pp. 27-41
- Essays Illustrating Folklore
- pp. 76-77
- Meaner than Hell!
- pp. 94-101
- Gang Graffiti
- pp. 102-110
- The Bluebird Mare from Sterling City
- pp. 134-148
- The Night the Stars Fell
- pp. 149-163
- Rail Tales: Some are True
- pp. 164-181
- Dance Halls of East Texas: From Oral History
- pp. 182-192
- The Oil Field Camp
- pp. 193-204
- Tex-Mex Dialect or Gidget goes to Acuna
- pp. 226-234
- When Harley Sadler's Tent Show Came to Town
- pp. 246-260
- Contributors
- pp. 270-278
Additional Information
ISBN
9781574410365
MARC Record
OCLC
1136198256
Launched on MUSE
2019-12-20
Language
English
Open Access
Yes