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Frank J. Korom

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South Asian Folklore book. South Asian Folklore: A Handbook (Greenwood Folklore Handbooks). 0313331936 (ISBN13: 9780313331930).

South Asian Folklore book. South Asia is a distant, exotic place to most American students . It is also a land of diverse and fascinating cultures, exemplified by the folklore of the region. This book gives students and general readers a thorough introduction to South Asian folklore.

This book is a brief but thorough introduction to folklore from South Asia, including Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka

This book is a brief but thorough introduction to folklore from South Asia, including Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka. The volume begins with an overview of the cultural background of South Asia, and examines different types of folklore and the difficulties of defining and classifying folklore genres. It then provides a substantial selection of legends, tales, myths, riddles, jokes, and other pieces of folklore from South Asia.

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Academic journal article Western Folklore. South Asian Folklore: A Handbook. Academic journal article Western Folklore. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 2006. In South Asian Folklore: A Handbook, Frank J. Korom has managed to wrangle an enormous variety of folklore that comes from a sizable portion of the earth's surface into a single compact body of work. Some of the materials are taken from his own fieldwork, but the majority are from print resources - texts ancient and modern.

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South Asian Folklore: A Handbook. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press. Frank J. Korom: Curriculum Vitae. Blunders, Plunders and the Wonders of Religious Ethnography: ‘Archiving’ Tales from the Field. Method and Theory in the Study of Religion 13/1 (2001): 58-73.

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Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies. Volume 70 Issue 2. Korom

Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies. Korom: English Français. Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies. Volume 70, Issue 2. June 2007, pp. 432-434. Korom: South Asian Folklore: A Handbook. 223 pp. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2006. ISBN 0 313 33193 6. Stuart Blackburn.

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South Asia is a distant, exotic place to most American students. It is also a land of diverse and fascinating cultures, exemplified by the folklore of the region. This book gives students and general readers a thorough introduction to South Asian folklore. Included are chapters on different types of folklore, the place of folklore in popular culture, and the scholarly response to South Asian folklore. The volume also provides numerous legends, tales, myths, riddles, jokes, and other examples of folklore from South Asia. The book closes with a glossary and a bibliography of print and electronic resources.

To most American students, South Asia is a distant and exotic world. It is the birthplace of Hinduism, Jainism, Buddhism, and Sikhism, and the home of hundreds of languages. It is also a region of growing economic importance. Students, travellers, and general readers increasingly need to understand the regions's cultures and customs, at the heart of which is a rich and varied folklore. This book is a brief but thorough introduction to folklore from South Asia, including Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka.

The volume begins with an overview of the cultural background of South Asia, and examines different types of folklore and the difficulties of defining and classifying folklore genres. It then provides a substantial selection of legends, tales, myths, riddles, jokes, and other pieces of folklore from South Asia. This is followed by a look at research on the subject, along with an exploration of South Asian folklore in literature and popular culture. The volume closes with a glossary and a bibliography of print and electronic resources.

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