{"product_id":"concept-work-constructing-frameworks-for-folklore-studies-paperback","title":"Concept Work: Constructing Frameworks for Folklore Studies - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJason Baird Jackson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFolklorists study the richness of customary forms of cultural expression and the everyday social worlds in which all people interact and communicate. They use a range of methods--literary, ethnographic, philological, visual, historical, comparative, artifactual--to engage with and learn from diverse peoples, but they also rely on a stock of key concepts that have grown up within their discipline, including tradition, performance, genre, text, context, community, and identity. But folklorists and their interlocutors live in an ever-changing world in which making sense of new social dynamics requires additional foundational concepts. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eConcept Work\u003c\/i\u003e, folklorist and ethnologist Jason Baird Jackson illustrates scholarly concept work in folklore studies through fresh accounts of four concepts that are significant to the field but not yet richly explored by its practitioners--colonization, cultural heritage, cultural appropriation, and the place of folklore and folklore studies within the capitalist world system. Jackson closes the volume with a reflection on teaching and doing concept work with his students-turned-colleagues.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eConcept Work \u003c\/i\u003eis an essential introduction to the current work being done within folklore studies for teachers and students alike.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJason Baird Jackson is Ruth N. Halls Professor of Folklore and Anthropology at Indiana University Bloomington. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eYuchi Ceremonial Life: Performance, Meaning and Tradition in a Contemporary American Indian Community\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eYuchi Folklore: Cultural Expression in a Southeastern Native American Community\u003c\/i\u003e and the editor of \u003ci\u003eMaterial Vernaculars: Objects, Images, and Their Social Worlds.\u003c\/i\u003e A former museum curator and director, he has curated more than twenty exhibitions, and he remains active in museum anthropology and museum-based folklore studies.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 220\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 07, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45514759897190,"sku":"9780253074317","price":72.52,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/uN37dUCeG89780253074317.webp?v=1776379798","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/concept-work-constructing-frameworks-for-folklore-studies-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}