ANT 354 - Anthropological Folklore ?

Institution:

University of Maine at Fort Kent

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Description:

Prerequisites: Ant 100 or permission of instructor. The course will use a cross-cultural comparative method to look at the nature of oral and written folk traditions including the folk tale ballad corrido myth urban legend heroic legend and fable. It will also examine performed art such as folk music and drama pictorial art and the creation of material culture. We will look at how folk traditions are created and maintained how tradition operates to define identity and the generation of ethnic tourism. We will focus on local cultural traditions and use the Valley as a resource area.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.umfk.maine.edu

Phone Number:

(207) 834-7500

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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