AMS 251 - American Folklore

Institution:

The University of Alabama

Subject:

AMS-American Studies

Description:

3 hours. Survey and analysis of such genres of American vernacular expression as legends, ghost tales, humor, music, and sermons as they express and shape particular regional and/or ethnic American identities. Course materials include ethnographic writing, sound recordings, film, and folklore scholarship. Attention also given to the competing and sometimes contradictory definitions of "folk" culture from the 19th century to the present.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.ua.edu/

Phone Number:

(205) 348-6010

Regional Accreditation:

Southern Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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