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Flatlanders and Ridgerunners: Folktales from the Mountains of Northern Pennsylvania

Oral folklore provides important insights into Pennsylvania mountain culture because it opens a window for us on the inner personality of mountain people. Oral folklore is vital to people in this kind of culture: it entertains them, it informs them, and it serves them as a glue that keeps the society together. These tales are more than a defensive reaction to outside pressure; they are an attempt to maintain cultural balance within the community by taking something threatening and turning it into something harmless and silly.

  • Format
  • paperback
  • Pages
  • 232
  • Language
  • english
  • ISBN
  • 9780822953456
  • Release date
  • 1983