FOLK 533 401 Folklore/Unorthodox Health
David J. Hufford
Seminar: Monday 1:00-3:00
Contact: dhufford@sas.upenn.edu
Cross-listed with: HSOC505, RELS505
An examination of theories concerning the origin and function
of folk beliefs, and investigation of the expression of folk beliefs
in legend, folk art, custom and ritual. Ritual is the focal genre
for explanatory purposes, and introduction to the social symbolic
approach to analysis and interpretation is primary for exploration
and application.
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