From the publisher’s description:
Narratives in Society represents three decades of scholarship by distinguished folklorist Linda Dégh. The twenty essays–some new, the rest newly revised–present Dégh’s ideas, theories, and approaches to folktales: the people who tell them, listen to them, pass them on, and the communities that support them.
Dégh, Linda (NHC Fellow, 1990–91), ed. Narratives in Society: A Performer-Centered Study of Narration. FF Communications. Helsinki, Finland: Academia Scientiarum Fennica, 1995. ISBN 9789514107474.