TY - JOUR
AU - Juwen Zhang
AB - The development of folkloristics into a "normal" science at the turn of the 20th century determined its Eurocentric paradigms. The idea of "ethnic genre" proposed by Dan Ben Amos in the 1960s was a direct challenge to its methods of categorization, but also to the definition and analysis of folklore. This article argues that this represented a paradigm shift in folkloristics. It also suggests the related idea of folkloric identity as a new ideological direction.
M1 - 1
N2 - The development of folkloristics into a "normal" science at the turn of the 20th century determined its Eurocentric paradigms. The idea of "ethnic genre" proposed by Dan Ben Amos in the 1960s was a direct challenge to its methods of categorization, but also to the definition and analysis of folklore. This article argues that this represented a paradigm shift in folkloristics. It also suggests the related idea of folkloric identity as a new ideological direction.
SP - 13
EP - 44
TI - The Concept of Ethnic Genre as a Paradigm Shift
VL - 79
SN - 0043-373X
ER -