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Life, it seems, is nothing if not a series of initiations, transitions, and incorporations.

- Alan Dundes
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It is important to recognize that folklore is not simply a way of obtaining available date about identity for social scientists; it is actually one of the principal means by which an individual and a group discovers or establishes his or its identity.

They do not merely collect texts; they must also gather data about the context and the informant and, above all, write an analysis of the items based upon the course readings and lecture material on folklore theory and method.

Their term project consists of a fieldwork collection of folklore that they create by interviewing family members, friends, or anyone they can manage to persuade to serve as an informant.

Americans often have trouble enjoying the present moment.

Cities all over the world are getting bigger as more and more people move from rural to urban sites, but that has created enormous problems with respect to environmental pollution and the general quality of life.

If a student takes the whole series of my folklore courses including the graduate seminars, he or she should learn something about fieldwork, something about bibliography, something about how to carry out library research, and something about how to publish that research.

There can be no self without other, no identity of group A without a group B.

Ancestor worship, or filial piety so characteristic of Asian cultures, for example, does not really resonate with Americans who favor children, not grandparents.

The study of folklore is largely the study of particular folklore genres: myth, folktale, legend, ballad, proverb, riddle, superstition, etc.

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Life, it seems, is nothing if not a series of initiations, transitions, and incorporations.

Life, it seems, is nothing if not a series of initiations, transitions, and incorporations.

Life, it seems, is nothing if not a series of initiations, transitions, and incorporations.

Life, it seems, is nothing if not a series of initiations, transitions, and incorporations.

Life, it seems, is nothing if not a series of initiations, transitions, and incorporations.

Life, it seems, is nothing if not a series of initiations, transitions, and incorporations.

Life, it seems, is nothing if not a series of initiations, transitions, and incorporations.

Life, it seems, is nothing if not a series of initiations, transitions, and incorporations.

Life, it seems, is nothing if not a series of initiations, transitions, and incorporations.

Life, it seems, is nothing if not a series of initiations, transitions, and incorporations.

Life, it seems, is nothing if not a series of initiations, transitions, and incorporations.

Life, it seems, is nothing if not a series of initiations, transitions, and incorporations.

Life, it seems, is nothing if not a series of initiations, transitions, and incorporations.

Life, it seems, is nothing if not a series of initiations, transitions, and incorporations.

Life, it seems, is nothing if not a series of initiations, transitions, and incorporations.