Play and the Performance of Children’s Folklore Opportunities for Learning
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Focusing on a wide range of folklore genres (handclaps, songs, jokes, counting out rhymes, circle games) and taboo topics, this study situates the data within a theoretical literature on play, performance, ritual, learning, and symbolic anthropology. Children between the ages of 4 and 10 (female and male) performed the various genres in the early 1970’s in Austin, Texas. The research was conducted in conjunction with the Southwest Educational Development Laboratory in Austin, Texas, and the Texas Children’s Folklore Project directed by Richard Bauman at the University of Texas, Austin.
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