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folk society: a standalone construct

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folksociety1 CONSTRUCTFolk societyREDFIELD · FOLKLORE STUDIES

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Folklore studies

an ideal type of small, isolated, homogeneous and sacred society held together by tradition, placed at one end of a continuum with the city.

In folklore studies, folk society refers to an ideal type of small, isolated, homogeneous and sacred society held together by tradition, placed at one end of a continuum with the city. This meaning comes from Redfield (1947) in American Journal of Sociology.[1]

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folklore1 fields · 1 citationsanchor · a standalone constructideal2 fields · 2 citationsjingle · one word, two constructstradition2 fields · 2 citationsjingle · one word, two constructs

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  1. Redfield, R. (1947). The Folk Society. American Journal of Sociology, 52(4), 293-308. https://doi.org/10.1086/220015

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