Explaining Traditions: Folk Behavior in Modern Culture

Contents

Contents List of Illustrations ix Acknowledgments xi Prologue: Beginning with Tradition 1 1. Defining Tradition: On the Meaning and Politics of a “Handy” Concept 13 2. Explaining Tradition: On Folk and Folkloristic Logic 63 3. Building Tradition: On Control and Authority in Vernacular Architecture 93 4. Making Tradition: On Craft in American Consciousness 138 5. Adapting Tradition: On Folklore in Human Development 196 6. Fading Tradition: On a Dying Language and Lore 248 7. Personalizing Tradition: On Storytelling by an African American Father and Son 282 8. Symbolizing Tradition: On the Scatology of an Ethnic Identity 319 9. Sporting Tradition: On the Praxis of American Football 350 10. Virtual Tradition: On the Internet as a Folk System 398 Notes 451 References 459 Index 509 ...