German Volkskunde : a decade of theoretical confrontation, debate, and reorientation (1967-1977) / edited and translated by James R. Dow and Hannjost Lixfeld

Includes bibliographical references (pages 278-340)

A critique of tradition / Hermann Bausinger -- Who benefits from folklore? / Dieter Kramer -- A critique of the canon / Martin Scharfe -- "Popular" wall decoration and the communication process / Rudolf Schenda -- Toys -- reflections on a Marburg exhibition / Ingeborg Weber-Kellermann -- The Marburg Toy Exhibition as judged by the visitor / Andreas C. Bimmer -- Scholarship visualized / Martin Scharfe -- Toward an understanding of the tensions between estate lord and estate subjects / Karl-Sigismund Kramer -- Toward a critique of folklorism criticism / Hermann Bausinger -- On the development of the Zillertal regional character / Utz Jeggle and Gottfried Korff -- Folk medicine -- what is it today? / Rudolf Schenda -- A critique of parapsychological folklore / Peter Assion -- Problems of interethnic research in Southeast Europe / Ingeborg Weber-Kellermann -- The group song as object / Ernst Klusen -- The song as a commodity / Rolf Wilhelm Brednich -- Some thoughts on historical narrative research / Elfriede Moser-Rath -- Jokes and aggression / Hannjost Lixfeld -- Young people read "Landser" books / Klaus F. Geiger