Linda Dégh (NHC Fellow, 1990–91)

Project Title

Legend and Belief: The Dialectics of a Folklore Genre

Indiana University Bloomington

Fellowship Work Summary, 1990–91

Linda Dégh completed four chapters of Legend and Belief: Dialectics ofa Folklore Genre (Indiana University Press) and wrote an entry on "Improvisation" for Enzyklopädie des Märchens (Berlin and New York: Walter de Gruyter) and an essay, "The Legend Conduit," for Creativity and Tradition, a volume to be published by Utah State University Press in 1992.

Genre > Monographs

American Folklore and the Mass Media

Literature / Film and Media / Folklore / Folktales / Mass Media / Popular Culture /

Genre > Monographs

Legend and Belief: Dialectics of a Folklore Genre

Literature / History / Literary Criticism / Folklore / Folktales / Legends / Belief /

Genre > Monographs

Narratives in Society: A Performer-Centered Study of Narration

Literature / Sociology / Narrative / Folklore / Folktales / Storytelling / Storytellers / Performing Arts /