Halloween Costuming among Young Adults in Bloomington, Indiana: A Local Exotic
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1985
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Indiana Folklore and Oral History
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What is the meaning of the word "exotic"? Does it denote, as popular
usage would suggest, a category of places and customs remote from the
home perspective of the viewer? Or rather, is the label "exotic" a signal
that any entity whatsoever, distant or intimate, is being regarded with
special scrutiny? I would argue for the latter interpretation, because even
the commonplace can appear exotic under close inspection. The
mission of the riddle, for example, is to render exotic, through close
description, the everyday objects that provide a familiar context for our
routine lives.
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"Halloween Costuming among Young Adults in Bloomington, Indiana: A Local Exotic," (1985) Indiana Folklore and Oral History 14: 1-19.
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