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In this innovative study, Gene Bluestein proposes that we revise our ideas about the meaning of folklore in the United States, beginning with our definition of what is 'folk' and what is not. To this end, he advances the notion of 'poplore' as more accurately reflective to the popular and commercial roots and dynamic, syncretic traditions of American democratic culture.Bluestein, Gene is the author of 'Poplore Folk and Pop in American Culture' with ISBN 9780870239045 and ISBN 087023904X.
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