ANTH 2423 : Notes For Midterm
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Customary folklore: calendar customs, mardi gras, christmas, various new-years football season, creole trail ride, dance jitterbug, two-step, stepping, gestures, rituals, rites of passages, marriages. Why or why not: develop their own games, still not completely considered a folk group, inherent in the word superstition is untruth more accurately called folk beliefs. Reading: gypsies and strategies of adaption10/7/2015 12:19:00 am. Discussion questions for carol silverman"s strategies of adaptation: the. Be prepared to discuss, in detail, the taboo system that divides roma from non-roma. The assigned readings for today include an excerpt from steve zeitlin"s book on american family folklore, and a newspaper article on insider lingo. Please be ready to discuss your thoughts and reactions to the readings, and examples of you own family folklore. The questions below are intended to help guide you through the readings. Be prepared to give examples from the reading or your own experience.
