FOREWORD BY ALAN DUNDES
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
INTRODUCTION1. The Origins of Folk Music, Past and Present
2. Folk Music and Oral Tradition
3. Classification: The Discursive Boundaries of Folk Music
4. The Social Basis of Folk Music: A Sense of Community, A Sense of
Place
5. The Folk Musician
6. Folk Music in Non-Western Cultures
7. Folk Music and Canon-Formation: The Creative Dialectic between
Text and Context
8. Folk Music in the Modern WorldBibliography
Index
A Choice Outstanding Academic Book of 1988
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