Children's Folklore: A SourceBook

by Brian Sutton-Smith

Book Overview

A groundbreaking collection of essays on a hitherto underexplored subject that challenges the existing stereotypical views of the trivial and innocent nature of children's culture, this work reveals for the first time the artistic and complex interactions among children. Based on research of scholars from such diverse fields as American studies, anthropology, education, folklore, psychology, and sociology, this volume represents a radical new attempt to redefine and reinterpret the expressive behaviors of children. The book is divided into four major sections: history, methodology, genres, and setting, with a concluding chapter on theory. Each section is introduced by an overview by Brian Sutton-Smith. The accompanying bibliography lists historical references through the present, representing works by scholars for over 100 years.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0824054180
• ISBN13: 9780824054182
• Release Date: September 1995
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 390 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

Just what I needed and delivered promptly.

I needed this book for a summer class and it arrived within a week and in great condition. Thanks.

Fantastic collection of children's folklore analysis

This is a great starter and continuing resource guide for those interested in Play and Folklore among child peer groups - fantastic series of articles! Use this book in your university classes!!

Fascinating Study of Children's Folklore

This volume consists of articles on children's folklore. The book provides various ways of studying the games, songs, rhymes, and other forms of folk culture that children express. It is an excellent resource for learning to understand ways that children's culture leads insight into the worldview of children. I also am impressed with the ways that the study of children's culture leads one to think about common and implicit aspects of adults' culture that form important ways of thinking about life -- but need to be critically examined. This volume should interest anyone who is curious about kids, but it is also academically-oriented and scholarly.