Exploring Anthropology through Folklore and Mythology

1. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-1-032-94217-9
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 252 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

Exploring Anthropology through Folklore and Mythology is a comprehensive textbook which examines how people around the world express themselves culturally, and how these practices and performances provide a window into the diversity of human culture.

Using a genre-based approach, this book takes a globalized perspective and promotes intercultural exchange and understanding. It presents students with in-depth examples of a wide range of fascinating traditions, as well as the understanding of how such traditions are studied. In explicating key concepts and applying these to specific practices and performances, students are introduced to the fundamentals in the study of human culture and creativity. Topics include mythology, folktales, legends, dance, music, trance states, magic, the spirit world, internet folklore, festivals, street art, subcultural style, rituals, celebrations, and body art and tattoo traditions.

Exploring Anthropology through Folklore and Mythology offers a fascinating introduction towards understanding global cultural diversity, and is an essential textbook for students making their first steps into the fields of folklore, mythology, anthropology, and cultural studies.

Zielgruppe

Undergraduate Core

Autoren/Hrsg.

Wojcik, Daniel

Thompson, Tok

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Soziologie des Brauchtums und der Traditionen
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Volkskunde: Sitten, Traditionen, Mythen, Legenden

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface  1. Introducing Anthropology, Folklore, and Mythology  2. Rituals, Festivals, and Celebrations 3. Belief, Magic, and Superstition  4. Music, Dance, and Trance  5. Myth, Religion, and the Spirit World  6. Legends and Rumors  7. Tales, Fictions, and Things We Say  8. Material Culture And (Folk) Art  9. Studying Culture in the Internet Age  Bibliography

Über Autor(innen)

Daniel Wojcik is Professor of Folklore and Public Culture Studies at the University of Oregon.

Tok Thompson is Professor of Anthropology and Communications at the University of Southern California.