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02730aam a2200409 i 4500 001 D80EEB3E6B5511E69AFE1DDBDAD10320 003 SILO 005 20160826010517 008 140513s2014 utu bq s001 0 eng 010 $a 2014001149 020 $a 0874219698 (paperback) 020 $a 9780874219692 (paperback) 035 $a (OCoLC)879662280 040 $a DLC $e rda $b eng $c DLC $d YDX $d YDXCP $d BTCTA $d BDX $d OCLCF $d OCLCO $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 00 $a Q172.5.P65 S45 2014 082 00 $a 303.48/3 $2 23 084 $a SOC011000 $2 bisacsh 100 1 $a Schrempp, Gregory Allen, $d 1950- $e author. 245 10 $a Science, bread, and circuses : $b folkloristic essays on science for the masses / $c Gregory Schrempp. 264 1 $a Logan : $b Utah State University Press, $c [2014] 300 $a 167 pages ; $c 23 cm 520 $a "In Science, Bread, and Circuses, Gregory Schrempp brings a folkloristic slant to the topic of popular science, calling attention to the persistence of folkloric form, idiom, and worldview within the increasingly important dimension of popular consciousness defined by the impact of science. Schrempp considers specific examples of texts in which science writers employ folkloric tropes--myths, legends, proverbs, or a variety of gestures from religious tradition--to lend authority or credibility to their message. In each essay he explores an instance of science popularization rooted in the quotidian round: variations of folkloric formulae in monumental measurements, invocations of science-heroes like saints or other inspirational figures, the battle of mythos and logo in parenting and academe; how the meme has become embroiled in quasi-religious treatments of the problem of evil, and a range of other tropes of folklore drafted into the service of exposition of scientific topics. Science, Bread, and Circuses places the relationship of science and folklore is at the very center of folkloristic inquiry in an attempt to rephrase and thus domesticate scientific findings and claims in folklorically-imbued popular forms"-- $c Provided by publisher. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references, filmography and index. 650 0 $a Science in popular culture. 650 0 $a Folklore. 650 0 $a Legends. 650 0 $a Mythology. 650 7 $a SOCIAL SCIENCE / Folklore & Mythology. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a Folklore. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00930306 650 7 $a Legends. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00995592 650 7 $a Mythology. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01031701 650 7 $a Science in popular culture. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01108734 941 $a 1 952 $l USUX851 $d 20160826102513.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=D80EEB3E6B5511E69AFE1DDBDAD10320 994 $a 92 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search