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Ritual Folklore

Ritual Folklore is a genre of traditional expressive culture within the broader category of folklore that consists of symbolic actions, performances, and verbal forms systematically embedded in prescribed sequences and social contexts to enact communal beliefs, mark transitional states, or negotiate human–supernatural relations.

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2017–2026

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247

Ritual and Knowledge among the Baktaman of New Guinea

Roy Wagner, Fredrik Barth · Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion · 1975 · 461 citations

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The Folk Culture of Yucatan.

Harry Alpert, Robert R. Redfield · American Sociological Review · 1941 · 315 citations

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Specimens of Bushman Folklore

W. C., Wilhelm Bleek, L. C. Lloyd · Bulletin of the American Geographical Society · 1912 · 252 citations

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Folklore and Folklife: An Introduction

Jan Harold Brunvand, Richard M. Dorson · Western Folklore · 1973 · 214 citations

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Evaluating ritual efficacy: Evidence from the supernatural

Cristine H. Legare, André Luiz Souza · Cognition · 2012 · 213 citations

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Authors

324

  1. RM
    Richard M. Dorson

    Indiana University, United States

    6 publications · 372 citations

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  2. JH
    Jan Harold Brunvand

    University of Utah, United States

    5 publications · 411 citations

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  3. SN
    Stephen Nissenbaum

    Georgia Institute of Technology, United States

    5 publications · 284 citations

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  4. AD
    Alan Dundes

    University of California, Berkeley, United States

    4 publications · 86 citations

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  5. PB
    Paul Boyer

    University of Wisconsin–Madison, United States

    3 publications · 195 citations

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Institutions

48

  1. University of Cambridge

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    32 citations

  2. Leiden University

    Leiden, The Netherlands

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    56 citations

  3. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    54 citations

  4. University of Bradford

    Bradford, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    61 citations

  5. University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    29 citations

  6. University of Manchester

    Manchester, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    14 citations

  7. University of Padua

    Padua, Italy

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    15 citations

  8. University of Helsinki

    Helsinki, Finland

    1 h-index

    3 publications

    48 citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of American Folklore

    JAF · 30 publications · 923 citations

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  2. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 23 publications · 847 citations

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  3. Western Folklore

    18 publications · 918 citations

    15

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  4. Asian Folklore Studies

    13 publications · 275 citations

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  5. Man

    10 publications · 306 citations

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