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Description of  The Storytelling Human: Lithuanian Folk Tradition Today (Lithuanian Studies without Borders)

1644694239 pdf This book is among the very few publications offering to the English-speaking readership significant insights into contemporary Lithuanian folklore research. Dealing with a broad variety of materialsfrom archived manuscripts to audio-recorded life stories to internet folkloreit comprises such topics as history and identity the traditional worldview influencing modern peoples actions the construction of the mental landscape types and modes of storytelling and the modern uses of proverbs, anecdotes, and internet lore. In a balanced way reflecting upon past and present, tradition and modernity, individual and collective, and employing modern research methodologies to dissect and analyze popular subjects and themes, this book presents a condensed view of the popular Lithuanian culture and mentality.