Alan Dundes Quotes
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“Ancestor worship, or filial piety so characteristic of Asian cultures, for example, does not really resonate with Americans who favor children, not grandparents.”
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“Life, it seems, is nothing if not a series of initiations, transitions, and incorporations.”
— Alan Dundes
Future orientation is combined with a notion and expectation of progress, and nothing is impossible.
— Alan Dundes
Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.
— Alan Dundes
Ancestor worship, or filial piety so characteristic of Asian cultures, for example, does not really resonate with Americans who favor children, not grandparents.
— Alan Dundes
— Alan Dundes
Polls are frequently taken to try to tease out or determine likely directions and trends, but once taken, they belong to the past, requiring that new polls be taken.
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Americans often have trouble enjoying the present moment.
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— Alan Dundes
In my introductory course, Anthropology 160, the Forms of Folklore, I try to show the students what the major and minor genres of folklore are, and how they can be analyzed.
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“Americans do believe in progress and there is almost certainly a kernel of truth in the joke.”
— Alan Dundes
Their term project consists of a fieldwork collection of folklore that they create by interviewing family members, friends, or anyone they can manage to persuade to serve as an informant.
— Alan Dundes
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