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Author:

Tucker, Elizabeth, 1948-

Title:

Children's folklore : a handbook / Elizabeth Tucker.

Publisher:

Greenwood Press,

Copyright Date:

c2008

Description:

viii, 164 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Folklore and children--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Children--Handbooks, manuals, etc.--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Light as a feather -- Tradition and creativity -- Reflections of social and political change -- Collecting folklore from children -- Folklore and education -- Childhood -- Folklore -- Play -- Riddles, jokes, and routines of victimization -- Rhymes -- Taunts and counter-taunts -- Songs -- Cheers -- Games -- Pranks -- Narratives -- Rituals -- Material culture -- Riddles, jokes, and routines of victimization -- Rhymes -- Taunts and counter-taunts -- Songs -- Cheers -- Games -- Pranks -- Narratives -- Rituals -- Material culture -- Founding scholars -- Playground pioneers -- Performance -- Psychoanalytic approaches -- Gender -- Space and place -- The supernatural -- Cross-cultural comparison -- Aggression and violence -- Autobiography -- Children's literature -- Film -- Television -- Toys and games -- Dolls.

Series:

Greenwood folklore handbooks, 1549-733X

ISBN:

0313341893 (alk. paper)
9780313341892 (alk. paper)

LCCN:

2008019925

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)