The Individual and Tradition Folkloristic Perspectives [Paperback]

Profiles of artists and performers from around the world form the basis of this innovative volume that explores the many ways individuals engage with, carry on, revive, and create tradition. Leading scholars in folklore studies consider how the field has addressed the connections between performer and tradition and examine theoretical issues involved in fieldwork and the analysis and dissemination of scholarship in the context of relationships with the performers. Honoring Henry Glassie and his remarkable contributions to the field of folklore, these vivid case studies exemplify the best of performer-centered ethnography.

Introduction: The Individual and Tradition
Ray Cashman, Tom Mould, and Pravina Shukla

Entering Tradition: Kim Ellington, Catawba Valley Potter
Charles G. Zug

Delight in Skill: The Stone Carvers Art
Marjorie Hunt

The Talking Machine Story Teller : Cal Stewart and the Remediation of Storytelling
Richard Bauman

Chief Ovia Idah: Bricoleur of Benin City and a Star for All Times
Philip M. Peek

Place Matters: A Wooden Boat Builder in the Twenty-First Century
Maggie Holtzberg

A Backdoor into Performance
Tom Mould

The Maintenance of Heritage: Kersti Jobs-Bj?rkl?f and Swedish Folk Costume
Pravina Shukla

The World of Ogre-Tile Makers: The Onihyaku Line in Hekinan, Japan
Takashi Takahara

Bringing Them Back: Wanda Aragon and the Revival of Historic Pottery Designs at Acoma
Karen M. Duffy

Artistic Courage in Small Groups: Identity, Intermediality, and Indian Country
Michael Robert Evans

Navigating the Legends of Treasure Island: Narrative, Maps, and the Material
Greg Kelley

Fluid Identities: Madame dAulnoy, Mother Bunch, and Fairy-Tale History
Jennifer Schacker

Counting the Stars: The Study of Creativity on a Human Scale, or How a Bunch of Cajun and German Farmers and Fabricators in Louisiana Invented a Traditional Amphibious Boat
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