Marrow of Human Experience, The: Essays on Folklore by William A. Wilson

Contents......Page 6
Acknowledgments......Page 7
Introduction......Page 8
The Importance of Folklore......Page 14
The Deeper Necessity......Page 16
Building Bridges......Page 30
Arts and Cultural Policy......Page 39
“Something There Is That Doesn’t Love a Wall”......Page 51
The Folk Speak......Page 69
Documenting Folklore......Page 88
Folklore and National Identity......Page 112
Herder, Folklore, and Romantic Nationalism......Page 114
Sibelius, the Kalevala, and Karelianism......Page 131
Folklore, Nationalism, and the Challenge of the Future......Page 149
Finns in a New World......Page 157
Folklore, Religion, and Who We Are......Page 174
The Concept of the West......Page 176
The Study of Mormon Folklore......Page 189
On Being Human......Page 208
The Seriousness of Mormon Humor......Page 228
Freeways, Parking Lots, and Ice Cream Stands......Page 243
“Teach Me All That I Must Do”......Page 260
Personal Narratives......Page 268
A Daughter’s Biography of William A. Wilson......Page 290
William A. Wilson’s Published Works......Page 300
Works Cited......Page 306
Contributors of Introductions to Essays......Page 318
Index......Page 322