Folklore Rules Quotes

“We have pictures, videos, and text, all being used together to create personal expressions that then are appropriated and adapted by others and put back out there for further re-creation. The qualities of variation and tradition are extremely easy to see in this form of digital folklore—some elements are notably conservative and some are notably dynamic.”
― Lynne S. McNeill, Folklore Rules: A Fun, Quick, and Useful Introduction to the Field of Academic Folklore Studies

“The significance of folklore studies as an academic field comes back to the idea that folklore exists as a form of cultural expression without the anchor of institutional culture.”
― Lynne S. McNeill, Folklore Rules: A Fun, Quick, and Useful Introduction to the Field of Academic Folklore Studies

“if folklore is currently circulating, it must be important.”
― Lynne S. McNeill, Folklore Rules: A Fun, Quick, and Useful Introduction to the Field of Academic Folklore Studies