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Occupational Tales

Occupational Tales is a narrative genre within folklore studies characterized by exaggerated stories that are rooted in the specific labors, practices, and cultural experiences of particular professions, distinguishing it from other tall tale subgenres through its focus on occupational authenticity and insider knowledge.

9

Publications

292

Citations

22

Authors

12

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

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Publications

9

Narrative nuances on good and bad deaths: internists’ tales from high-technology work places

Mary-Jo DelVecchio Good, Nina Gadmer, Patricia Ruopp et al. · Social Science & Medicine · 2003 · 136 citations

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The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, and Other Clinical Tales

Jason Brandt · The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease · 1987 · 46 citations

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An Unexpected Font of Folklore: Online Gaming as Occupational Lore

Ben Gillis · Western Folklore · 2011 · 20 citations

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The Story of Job's Beginning. Job 1-2: A Literary Analysis

J. A. Emerton, Meir Weiss · Vetus Testamentum · 1986 · 20 citations

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Deconstructing and Reconstructing Pittsburgh's Man of Steel: Reading Joe Magarac against the Context of the 20th-Century Steel Industry

Jennifer Gilley, Stephen G. Burnett · Journal of American Folklore · 1998 · 17 citations

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Authors

22

  1. BG
    Ben Gillis

    1 publications · 20 citations

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  2. JA
    J. A. Emerton

    1 publications · 20 citations

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  3. CY
    Chulguen Yang

    Central Michigan University, United States

    1 publications · 14 citations

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  4. NG
    Nina Gadmer

    Harvard University, United States

    1 publications · 136 citations

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  5. MG
    Michelle Gibson-Satterthwaite

    Banner Children's at Desert, United States

    1 publications · 11 citations

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Institutions

12

  1. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    272 citations

  2. Utah Department of Health

    Salt Lake City, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    11 citations

  3. University of Utah

    Salt Lake City, United States

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    22 citations

  4. Southern Connecticut State University

    New Haven, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    14 citations

  5. University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

    Pittsburgh, United States

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    272 citations

  6. Johns Hopkins Medicine

    Baltimore, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    46 citations

  7. Johns Hopkins University

    Baltimore, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    46 citations

  8. Twin Cities Orthopedics

    Edina, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    12 citations

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Venues

  1. Business Communication Quarterly

    BCQ · 1 publications · 14 citations

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  2. Work

    1 publications · 11 citations

    1

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  3. Vetus Testamentum

    1 publications · 20 citations

    1

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  4. The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

    1 publications · 46 citations

    1

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  5. Western Folklore

    1 publications · 20 citations

    1

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