American Folklore Test 3

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Social Class

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Indirectly talked about in folklore; e.g. old vs. young

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Rumor

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unified information from unknown origin spread by oral tradition, phone, fax, broadcasting, and computer. Tend to be negative, thrive in all societies, from gossip to legend. Anonymous.

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Conspiracy

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Can be published articles, rumors, or legends that circulate that state other groups have conspired in secret to take over the reigns of power or otherwise to subvert other political powers.

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Conspiracy Theory

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Tend to be subscribed largely by minorities.

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Xenophobia

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Fear of outsiders or strangers

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Blason Populaire

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French derivative, stereotypical characterization of a group your not a part of (exoteric) (popular emblem/badge); tend to be negative stereotype and carries an assumption that everyone is the same in the group.

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Ethnopaulism

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Ethnic slurs and jokes, group nicknames

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Folk Etymologies

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not always true, plausible but inaccurate word origins.

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Satanic Panic

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Late 70s early 80s, devoted groups of satan performed ritual abuse. E.g. in 1983 a preschool was accused to abuse, sexual craziness, ect.

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Stud/Slut Syndrome

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idea that there is gender inequality in sex, an can have more sex and enjoy it than women; by Jeanies Banks Thomas

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Ostension

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Another way of transmitting legends. People act out the stories they've heard.

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True-Ostension

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Acting out the legend to it's fullest. E.g. actually placing the poodle in the microwave or committing the murders as a "hook man"

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Pseudo-Ostension

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Dressing up like the character in a legend to "scare" someone but not actually fully performing the legend.

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Quasi-Ostension

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Interpreting something that happened in a story as a legend, e.g. the mutilated cows happened because of satanist.

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Legend Tripping

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A form of pseudo-ostension; tends to be teen ritual; a group visits a specific site that has a legend attached to it.