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folklore: a standalone construct

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folklore1 CONSTRUCTFolkloreBEN-AMOS · FOLKLORE STUDIES

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Folklore studies

artistic communication in small groups, a definition that locates folklore in face-to-face performance within a context rather than in old texts or rural survivals.

In folklore studies, folklore refers to artistic communication in small groups, a definition that locates folklore in face-to-face performance within a context rather than in old texts or rural survivals. This meaning comes from Ben-Amos (1971) in The Journal of American Folklore.[1]

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  1. Ben-Amos, D. (1971). Toward a Definition of Folklore in Context. The Journal of American Folklore, 84(331), 3. https://doi.org/10.2307/539729

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