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Folkloristic Anthropology is the study of the folklore that groups of people share throughout history. The two major parts of this discipline are Folklore and Anthropology. Folklore is a general word for the many ways people can express their culture. This can include telling stories, jokes, myths, singing songs, fables, legends, etc. Anthropology is the study of human societies and cultures and how they develop, including kinship systems (social relationships of people within a culture), governments, and economies. Folklore is a major part of culture (which Anthropologists are curious about). Folklore varies based off of the beliefs and values in different societies. Folkloristic Anthropologists work towards learning about the folklore of a society and mapping out how it connects to the larger more organized parts of populations such as those kinship systems, governments, and economies. [1]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ Bascom, William R. “Folklore and Anthropology.” The Journal of American Folklore, vol. 66, no. 262, 1953, pp. 283–90. JSTOR, https://doi.org/10.2307/536722. Accessed 12 Oct. 2022.