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Simon J. Bronner

Author of American Children's Folklore

39+ Works 380 Members 3 Reviews

About the Author

Simon J. Bronner is Distinguished University Professor of American Studies and Folklore at the Pennsylvania State University, Harrisburg.

Includes the names: Simon Bronner, Simon J. Bonner

Image credit: By Simon Bronner - Own work, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=6120867

Series

Jewish Cultural Studies

Works by Simon J. Bronner

American Children's Folklore (1988) 74 copies

Piled Higher and Deeper: The Folklore of Student Life (1990) 48 copies

Grasping Things: Folk Material Culture and Mass Society in America (1986) 23 copies

Folk nation : folklore in the creation of American tradition (2002) 20 copies

Manly Traditions: The Folk Roots of American Masculinities (2005) 19 copies

American Folklore Studies: An Intellectual History (1986) 18 copies

Consuming visions : accumulation and display of goods in America, 1880-1920 (1989) 16 copies

Explaining Traditions: Folk Behavior in Modern Culture (2011) 12 copies

Encyclopedia of American Folklife (4 Volume Set) (2006) 12 copies

Old-Time Music Makers of New York State (York State Book) (1988) 10 copies

The Carver's Art: Crafting Meaning from Wood (1996) 10 copies

Folklore: The Basics (2016) 10 copies

Killing tradition : inside hunting and animal rights controversies (2008) 10 copies

Popularizing Pennsylvania: Henry W. Shoemaker and the Progressive Uses of Folklore and History (1996) 8 copies

Lafcadio Hearn's America: Ethnographic Sketches and Editorials (2002) 8 copies

Pennsylvania Germans: An Interpretive Encyclopedia (Young Center Books in Anabaptist and Pietist Studies) (2017) 8 copies

American material culture and folklife : a prologue and dialogue (1985) 8 copies

Following Tradition (1998) 7 copies

Creativity And Tradition (Publications of the American Folklore Society New Series) (1992) 6 copies

Folklife Studies from the Gilded Age: Object, Rite, and Custom in Victorian America (American Material Culture and… (1987) 6 copies

Jewish Cultural Studies (Raphael Patai Jewish Folklore and Anthropology) (2021) 4 copies

Youth Cultures in America [2 volumes] (2016) 4 copies

Jews at Home: The Domestication of Identity (2010) 4 copies

Revisioning Ritual: Jewish Traditions in Transition (2011) 4 copies

Campus Traditions: Folklore from the Old-Time College to the Modern Mega-University (2012) 4 copies

Pennsylvania Germans (Young Center Books in Anabaptist and Pietist Studies) (2017) 3 copies

Jewishness: Expression, Identity, and Representation (2008) 3 copies

Framing Jewish Culture: Boundaries and Representations (2014) 3 copies

Greater Harrisburg's Jewish Community (2010) 3 copies

Crossing the line: violence, play, and drama in naval equator traditions (2006) 3 copies

Chain Carvers: Old Men Crafting Meaning (1985) 3 copies

The folklore historian 2 copies

AMER FOLK ART A GUIDE (Garland reference library of the humanities) (1984) 1 copy

"Who's That Knocking On My Door?": Barnacle Bill the Sailor and his Mates in Song and Story (Occasional Papers in… (2016) 1 copy

The folk technics of chain carving: Tradition and technology in making wooden wheels / by Jennifer Esler (Studies in… 1 copy

Jewish Cultural Studies, Volume 1: Jewishness: Expression, Identity, and Representation: Expression, Identity and… 1 copy

The Oxford Handbook of American Folklore and Folklife Studies (Oxford Handbooks) (2019) 1 copy

A critical bibliography of American folk art 1 copy

Contexts of Folklore: Festschrift for Dan Ben-Amos on His Eighty-Fifth Birthday (International Folkloristics) (2019) 1 copy

Associated Works

The Meaning of Folklore: The Analytical Essays of Alan Dundes (2007) — Editor — 14 copies

Folklore and the Internet: Vernacular Expression in a Digital World (2009) — Contributor — 11 copies

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Common Knowledge

Legal name: Bronner, Simon Josef
Birthdate: 1954-04-07
Gender: male
Nationality: USA
Israel (birth)
Places of residence: Middletown, Pennsylvania, USA
Education: State University of New York, Binghamton (B.A. with honors, 1974)
State University of New York Graduate Programs at Cooperstown (M.A., 1977)
Indiana University, Bloomington (Ph.D., 1981)

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Reviews

Grasping Things: Folk Material Culture and Mass… by Simon J. Bronner

A good resource but, wholly academic in its style. Interesting, and now historic, commentary on material culture.

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AmandaPelon | Aug 26, 2023 |

Piled Higher and Deeper The Folklore of Campus Life by Simon Bronner

Read this for a folklore class in college. Fascinating and funny.

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illuminarts | Jan 16, 2009 |

American Children's Folklore (American Folklore… by Simon J. Bronner

The dirty jokes in the book aren't really dirty - but when you're in sixth grade they're delicious. This book was a staple of my late elementary school sleepovers.

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MollyBethStrijkan | Feb 3, 2007 |

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Awards

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National Jewish Book Award

Jewish Cultural Studies (Raphael Patai Jewish Folklore and Anthropology) (Winner – Education and Jewish Identity – 2021)

Jews at Home: The Domestication of Identity (Finalist – Anthologies and Collections – 2010)

Booklist Editors’ Choice: Reference Sources

Encyclopedia of American Folklife (4 Volume Set) (2006)

RUSA Outstanding Reference Source

The Oxford Handbook of American Folklore and Folklife Studies (Oxford Handbooks) (2019)

Youth Cultures in America [2 volumes] (2017)

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Statistics

Works: 39
Also by: 2
Members: 380
Popularity: #63,551
Rating: 4.1

Reviews: 3
ISBNs: 91
Languages: 1

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