The American Folklore Scene, 1963
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8934818 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Richard M Dorson (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1963 |
| Volume | 74 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 433-449 |
| Publication date | 1963-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Folklore (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0015-587X • E-ISSN: 1469-8315 |
| Publisher | Routledge (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/0015587x.1963.9716918 |
| OpenAlex | W2316211195 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
IN the thirteen years since I previously had the pleasure of addressing this Society, on folklore studies in the United States, folklore has become strongly entrenched as an academic subject in American universities. In 195o no university had granted a doctor's degree in folklore; in 1963 eleven such degrees have been earned at one university, and a second has newly announced the initiation of a graduate department in folklore. The holders of these Ph.D.'s in folklore are all well placed and teaching some folklore courses on their respective faculties. At Indiana University more than fifty graduate students are seeking master's and doctor's degrees in folklore, and they have come from ten foreign countries in Asia, Europe, and the Middle East. The first African student enrolls this fall
Folklore · Folkloristics · Graduate students · Library science · Pedagogy · Pleasure · Sociology · Subject (documents · Anthropology · Computer Science · Educator Training and Historical Pedagogy · Folklore, Mythology, and Literature Studies · History · Psychology
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,33 |
| Citation span | 2017 - 2020 (4) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |