Includes bibliographical references (p. 459-508) and index.
Contents
Defining tradition: on the meaning and politics of a "handy" concept -- Explaining tradition: on folk and folkloristic logic -- Building tradition: on control and authority in vernacular architecture -- Making tradition: on craft in American consciousness -- Adapting tradition: on folklore in human development -- Fading tradition: on a dying language and lore -- Personalizing tradition: on storytelling by an African American father and son -- Symbolizing tradition: on the scatology of an ethnic identity -- Sporting tradition: on the praxis of American football -- Virtual tradition: on the Internet as a folk system.
