Folklore and Ethnology of the Modern World
A Theory of Cultural Engagement
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Product details:
- Edition number 1
- Publisher Routledge
- Date of Publication 29 December 2025
- ISBN 9781032625584
- Binding Paperback
- No. of pages222 pages
- Size 234x156 mm
- Weight 410 g
- Language English
- Illustrations 21 Illustrations, black & white; 21 Halftones, black & white 768
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Short description:
In Folklore and Ethnology of the Modern World, Simon Bronner identifies “cultural engagements” that people use to reconcile tradition and modernity, and confront the anxieties of the present by bringing together the past, often represented by tradition, and the immediate digital, unreal future.
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In Folklore and Ethnology of the Modern World, Simon Bronner identifies “cultural engagements” that people use to reconcile tradition and modernity and confront the anxieties of the present by bringing together the past, often represented by tradition, and the immediate digital, unreal future. These socially bounded, symbol-laden practices integrate ritual, play, narrative, and object with the instrumental purpose of confronting paradoxes and tensions of modern life. They provide the basis for a theory of how people cope culturally with change that appears to be outside of their control.
Bronner explains the social and psychological complexities of cultural engagements with case studies from different parts of the world connected by their often politicized clash between tradition and modernity. The book explains the growth of strongman contests invoking mythology, the evolving meaning of Chinese puzzle balls, the responses to suppression of naval hazing traditions in Europe and America, the ubiquitous infusion of magical thinking into email practices, the “meme diplomacy” in the border wars between India and Pakistan and the projection of conflict onto cricket matches, and the global implications of the rise of “algorithmic folklore” in an AI future.
This clear and accessible book is an essential read for anyone approaching the ethnological study of folklore and its interaction with modern society and culture.
MoreTable of Contents:
Preface and Acknowledgments
Introduction: Folk to the Fore
1 Engaging Body and Mind: The Folk Idea of the Past
2 Engaging People and Power: The Folk Idea of the Present
3 Engaging Place and Technology: The Folk Idea of the Future
Epilogue
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