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Jordan, Rosan A.; De Caro, F. A. – Signs, 1986
Presents a critical overview of academic writing on women and folklore, organized in three categories: (1) literature on images of women in verbal folklore, and the role of negative images in shaping attitudes; (2) research on womens' oral genres and performance and female use of folklore; and (3) studies of women as folk performers and artists.…
Descriptors: Females, Feminism, Folk Culture, Popular Culture