FOLK 270

09.03.13
Folklore and Sexuality
1. Folklore, the word: what do you think when you hear it?
Old word, since 1846. Folk comes from erman !olk, which means
"eo"le. #ny one $rou" that has se!eral characteristics in common
%like the terms &elow'
(ore comes from erman lehr, which means teachin$.
o Oral narrati!es: these are like fairytales, tall)tales, fanciful tales,
nursery rhymes, $host stories, fa&les
o Other thin$s, such as *uilts
Folk: thin$s that "eo"le ha!e in common. +eli$ion, ethnicity, $ender.
o ,hildren, a$e, lan$ua$e, occu"ation,
Folklore: anti)he$emonic aesthetic de!ice.
# elite art: in oral form, somethin$ like a no!el. # "aintin$ that han$s in
a museum. -n terms of customs, someone &ein$ trained as a doctor. -n
"o"ular form, someone &uyin$ romance no!els in a &ookstore. .arrati!e
front, tall tales and /okes %oral stories someone tells'. 0chemata1
"o"ular1 like mass art1 folk %conser!ati!e2traditional'
3. On sylla&us, for 4rst $rou" of readin$s, "ay attention to: 55O. 6-789+6
lassin$, 6oral (ore of Folklore
.oyes, Folklore
:lummer, ;eeks &ooks: only read "ortions a!aila&le on oo$le &ooks :7
<. =orders: when you>!e had se?. ;hat indicates that you>!e had se??
-s it a mental state?
:enetration?
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4. 3@11 Aaskins :riBe (ecture &y Aenry lassie: !ideo
-rish "eo"le: :rotestants2,atholics, small town, "easants li!ed without
electricity2runnin$ water, darkened &y soot in the area. #s thin$s $et
&etter, thin$s $et worse. -n the world, free in choices, stuck in world
throu$h limitations. -nd!idual will is free, circumstances de4ne us.
8urkish de4nition of art: lo$ical, a""lica&le.
;eak de4nitions1 societies de!elo" hierarchies of art, se"aration of art
and craft %"ainters !s. te?tiles'1 ;estern su"eriority uses this as an
e?cuseCinterestin$
;hat makes art is not chance, &ut will %to dedicate' and skill of the
maker. #rt comes from "assion of the creator. :assion incarnated
throu$h skill in !arious media. O&/ect encountered in su&/ecti!ity. 8he
yield of lo!e %the creator'. 8o the &eholder, it>s the stairway of ascent1
art u"lifts them, useful2&eautiful2intellectual2s"iritual
.ot art: done for function
#ll art is traditional
#rt is the lo!e that dri!es creation
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