Women's Folklore, Women's Culture

Women's Folklore, Women's Culture (Publications of the American Folklore Society)

Women's Folklore, Women's Culture was written by Rosan A. Jordan, and Susan J. Kalcik. The 260 page book was published by University of Pennsylvania Press in 2015 (originally in 1985) with an ISBN 10 of 081229338x. Most books are now available in ebook, pdf and audible formats. If you need more information about this publication, it can be purchased at Amazon.com or Google Books. If the book is older and/or out of print book try to locate a copy on eBay.com. Women's Folklore, Women's Culture mentions 1 serial killers including Belle Gunness. The author Rosan A. Jordan has 1 book(s) listed on Killer.Cloud used for the purpose of documenting facts about Serial Killers listed in our database.

Book Summary

The essays in Women's Folklore, Women's Culture focus on women performers of folklore and on women's genre of folklore. Long ignored, women's folklore is often collaborative and frequently is enacted in the privacy of the domestic sphere. This book provides insights balancing traditional folklore scholarship. All of the authors also explore the relationship between make and female views and worlds. The book begins with the private world of women, performances within the intimacy of family and fields; it then studies women's folklore in the public arena; finally, the book looks at the interrelationships between public and private arenas and between male and female activities. By turning our attention to previously ignored women's realms, the...