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The role of objects and images in everyday life are illuminated incisively in Material Vernaculars, which combines historical, ethnographic, and object-based methods across a diverse range of material and visual cultural forms. The contributors to this volume offer revealing insights into the significance of such practices as scrapbooking, folk art produced by the elderly, the wedding coat in Osage ceremonial exchanges, temporary huts built during...
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As part of this multilayered conversation about stigma, this volume discusses the relationship between the stigmatized individual and our role as researchers. Here we address our own perspectives as researchers struggling with stigma issues and tellability, as well as scholarly reflexive concerns dealing with what can't be said when working with stigmatized groups or topics. The disciplinary focus of folklore positions us well to concentrate on the...
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Little girls love empowered princess role models, and this new collection of short stories features four tales of adventure and bravery starring the Disney Princesses. From Belle and Ariel to Rapunzel and Tiana, the princesses show their courageous spirits as they go on quests and take on exciting challenges.
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Few countries can boast such a plentitude of traditional folktales as Ireland. In 1935, the creation of The Irish Folklore Commission set in motion the first organized efforts of collecting and studying a multitude of folktales, both written as well as those of the Irish oral tradition. The Commission has collected well over a million pages of manuscripts. Folktales of Ireland offers chief archivist Sean O'Sullivan's representation of this awe-inspiring...
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Often lacking the clear episodic structure of folktales about talking animals and magic objects, legends grow from retellings of personal experiences. Christiansen isolated some seventy-seven legend types, and many of these are represented here in absorbing stories of St. Olaf, hidden treasures, witches, and spirits of the air, water, and earth. The ugly, massively strong, but slow-witted trolls are familiar to English-speaking readers. Less well-known,...
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Read along with Disney! The dwarfs are confused when they come home to find their cottage very different than how they left it. With the floors swept, a homemade meal cooked, and beds all tidied up . . . the dwarves try to guess who could've done it. Who could have planned such a nice surprise? Follow along with word-for-word narration to find out!
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The Disney princesses star in tales of friendship in this four-book set! Merida discovers a strange horse who just might be magical. Belle surprises a friend on his birthday. Cinderella introduces Gus and Jaq to a new friend. Tiana and Prince Naveen find a surprising guest at Tiana's restaurant. Young readers can take their princess stories wherever they go!
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Villancicos clásicos son perfectos para reflexionar sobre el verdadero significado de la temporada Navideña. Enséñale a los niños sobre los regalos que los tres reyes magos trajeron a Jesús. La estrella brillante era su guía al viajar sobre las montañas para ver el Salvador del mundo. "Nosotros somos los tres reyes magos de Oriente Atravesamos desde lejos con regalos. Campo y fuente, páramo y montaña, siguiendo a la estrella de allá. Belén,...
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Read along with Disney! Sofia is excitedly awaiting the arrival of a visitor at the castle: a beautiful baby unicorn named Pearl. Sofia and her step-siblings want to play with their special guest, but Pearl ruins their games and makes a mess. Follow along with the word for word narration as Sofia tries to find an activity they can all enjoy together.
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Read along with Disney! For all her life, Rapunzel has been locked inside a tower. She has just one wish on her 18th birthday... to venture out of her tower to see the floating lights! Follow along with word-for-word narration to find out if her birthday wish will come true!
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Experience Disney's Tangled like never before in this English-Spanish bilingual storybook. Únete a Rapunzel al abandonar su torre por primera vez y emprender una aventura mágica que cambiará su vida para siempre. Join Rapunzel as she leaves her tower for the first time and embarks on a magical adventure that will change her life forever.
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Read along with Disney! When the Village Faire holds a Best Pet Contest, Sofia and Clover decide to enter together to win the blue ribbon and a ride on a parade float. The other kids in the kingdom bring unique and talented pets--they seem much more special than a bunny from the forest. Follow along with the word-for-word narration to find out if Sofia chooses the fanciest pet to enter in the contest, or sticks with her best friend Clover.
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Beasts of the Deep: Sea Creatures and Popular Culture offers its readers an in-depth and interdisciplinary engagement with the sea and its monstrous inhabitants; through critical readings of folklore, weird fiction, film, music, radio and digital games.
Within the text there are a multitude of convergent critical perspectives used to engage and explore fictional and real monsters of the sea in media and folklore. The collection features chapters...
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Chinese folklorists are well acquainted with the work of their English-language colleagues, but until recently the same could not be said about American scholars' knowledge of Chinese folkloristics. Chinese Folklore Studies Today aims to address this knowledge gap by illustrating the dynamics of contemporary folklore studies in China as seen through the eyes of the up-and-coming generation of scholars. Contributors to this volume focuses on topics...
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Belle has a new puppy, and the enchanted objects couldn't be happier . . . except for poor Ottoman, that is. Ottoman still remembers being a real dog, and he's jealous of the attention the puppy is getting. But when he runs away into the woods at night, will Belle and her puppy be able to save him before it's too late?
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Essays examining the power of traditional arts and folklore in the lives of the elderly in the United States.
Can traditional arts improve an older adult's quality of life? Are arts interventions more effective when they align with an elder's cultural identity? In The Expressive Lives of Elders, Jon Kay and contributors from a diverse range of public institutions argue that such mediations work best when they are culturally, socially, and personally...
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