Bishop, J.C. (2016) From "breathless catalogue' to "beyond text': a hundred years of children's folklore collecting. Folklore, 127 (2). pp. 123-149. ISSN 0015-587X
Abstract
This lecture draws attention to research into children’s folklore in Britain from the last century, stressing its potential to inform understandings of contemporary childhoods, particularly children’s play. The emphasis is on archival sources, such as the collections of Norman Douglas, James Ritchie, and Iona and Peter Opie. The changing nature of contemporary evidence, such as children’s self-produced films of their play shared on YouTube, is also illustrated, and the importance of a multimodal approach stressed. The author compares the historical sources with the collectors’ published work, and highlights the need for rigour in appraising these differing forms of evidence.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2016 The Folklore Society. This is an author produced version of a paper subsequently published in Folklore. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > School of Education (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 16 May 2017 11:08 |
Last Modified: | 16 May 2024 07:12 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1080/0015587X.2016.1187383 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:115484 |