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Four Functions of Folklore: Title English Title Authors Description Edition Series

The document discusses the four functions of folklore according to William R. Bascom. These functions are: entertainment, validation of cultural values, education, and preservation of history and tradition. Folklore serves to entertain communities, reinforce important cultural norms and beliefs, teach lessons to younger generations, and maintain connections to the past through oral traditions and stories.

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Four Functions of Folklore: Title English Title Authors Description Edition Series

The document discusses the four functions of folklore according to William R. Bascom. These functions are: entertainment, validation of cultural values, education, and preservation of history and tradition. Folklore serves to entertain communities, reinforce important cultural norms and beliefs, teach lessons to younger generations, and maintain connections to the past through oral traditions and stories.

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Four functions of folklore

Title Four functions of folklore

English Title

Authors William R. BASCOM

Description

Edition reprint

Series Journal of American folklore, Vol.67, no.266,


October-December 1954

Publisher NP

Place Of Publication NP

Date Of Publication 1954

Pagination 333-50p:

Format Pamphlet

Languages English

Origin WBF

Shelf Number

Box Number A-BA (1)

Keywords

Tags

Notes

Data from the RAI Fagg Archive Catalogue.

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