It Was a DeSoto
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2772526 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Louie W Attebery (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1970 |
| Volume | 83 |
| Issue | 330 |
| Pages | 452 |
| Publication date | 1970-10-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of American Folklore (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0021-8715 • E-ISSN: 1535-1882 |
| Publisher | University of Illinois Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2307/539667 |
| OpenAlex | W2317703682 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
THE TITLE OF THIS PIECE is almost arrogant. It a DeSoto? or Maybe It Was a DeSoto would more honestly reflect the content. As I hope to suggest, no matter where in history a motif seems to have developed, research often shows antecedents. And the process of infinite regression carries engrams of doubt that are particularly sharp for the collector of folklore. Quite likely every folklorist has encountered versions of the urban tale of the cement truck dumping its contents into an empty car. This tale is told twice in Jan Brunvand's Study of American Folklore, once in the text itself and once in an appendix to the book by J. Barre Toelken, The Folklore of Academe.' In the Brunvand text it appears in connection with the true story of the man who returned to his car and found a dent in one of the fenders along with the following note under the windshield wiper: The people who are watching think I'm writing my name and address on this note, but I'm not. Brunvand notes that this event has been printed in two newspapers as a local occurrence, then goes on to say
Archaeology · Art · Art history · Folklore · Folkloristics · Literature · Media studies · Newspaper · Oral history · Sociology · Visual arts · Folklore, Mythology, and Literature Studies · History
| Citations per year | 0.02 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1985 - 1985 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |