This major genre of folklore includes the physical objects that are associated with a particular culture, or folk group. Think of all those things we made with paper.
What is material culture?
100
Thinking back to the four characteristics of folklore that Dr. Evans gave us, this one deals with folklore's expressive and creative side.
What is the aesthetic?
100
This is a category of culture distinguished from popular or elite culture.
What is folk culture, or folklore?
100
This is the type of folklore associated with a specific job.
What is occupational folklore?
100
This term is used to refer to the way that some people may call soft drinks 'soda' while others may refer to them as 'pop'.
What is vernacular or regional speech?
200
This term, coined by folklorist Barre Toelken, refers to the smallest possible folk group. "Hey Best Friend, did you know we are a..."
What is a dyad?
200
This is one of the four characteristics of folklore, and refers to the ways that folklore is passed on.
What is tradition?
200
This is the category of culture which tends to be widespread in space, but limited in time.
What is popular culture?
200
Esoteric forms of communication refer to this group perspective.
What is insider, or emic?
200
This is "informally learned, unofficial knowledge about the world...that is expressed creatively".
What is folklore?
300
Of the three major genres of folklore, this is the one that deals with those aspects of folklore which are spoken.
What is verbal folklore?
300
This concept refers to folklore's ability to express ideas and sentiments.
What is communication?
300
This is the category of culture which tends to have developed canons of set texts.
What is elite culture, high culture, or fine arts?
300
This perspective, as it regards communication, refers to the way in which folk groups communicate with or about non-affiliated peoples.
What is outsider/exoteric?
300
Rolleyhole is an example of this, as given by Bob Gates.
What is recreational folklife?
400
Perhaps the most difficult genre of folklore to define, this genre deals with "repeated, habitual action(s), a usual way of doing something", or actions, and things we do.
What is customary folklore?
400
This aspect of folklore refers to its ability to morph and change over time and space.
What is variation?
400
Elvis belongs to this category of culture.
Trick question! What is popular culture (his music on the radio), or folk culture (Elvis impersonators, etc.).
400
This is a folk group made up of people who are affiliated biologically, through adoption, or self-selection.
What is a family folk group?
400
This is, according to Robert McCarl, a place where, or occasion in which workers gather to share information.
What is a cultural scene?
500
If 'text' refers to the stuff of folklore, this refers to everything that surrounds the text.
What is context?
500
The is the most basic, two-word definition of culture that Dr. Evans gave us.
What is 'learned behavior'? Dr Evans adds to this definition: 'behavior learned in groups'.
500
Categorization has less to do with content and more to do with this.
What is our attitude towards the item of culture.
500
This term describes the ways that a folk group can form through the frequency that a group comes into contact with itself.
What is regular interaction?
500
In The Stone Carvers, the workers describe two ways of carving stone. One is free hand carving, while the other is this.