“Ancestor worship, or filial piety so characteristic of Asian cultures, for example, does not really resonate with Americans who favor children, not grandparents.” ChildrenDoeCultureExampleWorshipFavorsCharacteristicsAncestorGrandparentAsianPietyFilialAsian CultureFilial PietyAncestor WorshipFilial Duty Author:Alan Dundes
“Cities all over the world are getting bigger as more and more people move from rural to urban sites, but that has created enormous problems with respect to environmental pollution and the general quality of life.” PeopleWorldProblemMovingCitiesQualityBiggerEnvironmentalEnormousPollutionSiteUrbanQuality Of LifeEnvironmental Pollution Author:Alan Dundes
“I have a great advantage over many of my colleagues inasmuch as my students bring with them to class their own personal knowledge of national, regional, religious, ethnic, occupational, and family folklore traditions.” ReligiousClassStudentsAdvantageTraditionColleaguesFolklorePersonal Knowledge Author:Alan Dundes
“In my introductory course, Anthropology 160, the Forms of Folklore, I try to show the students what the major and minor genres of folklore are, and how they can be analyzed.” TryingShowsFormCoursesStudentsMajorsGenreMinorsAnthropologyFolklore Author:Alan Dundes
“Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.” PeopleInspirationalHumorLightFunnySpeakSoundIntelligenceChristmasFasterSarcasmSarcasticBrightnessFunny One LinerSarcastic One LinersBeing SarcasticFunny ThoughtsDark SarcasmStupid JokesCool Funny Author:Alan Dundes
“Future orientation is combined with a notion and expectation of progress, and nothing is impossible.” ProgressImpossibleExpectationsNotionOrientationNothing Is Impossible Author:Alan Dundes
“If a student takes the whole series of my folklore courses including the graduate seminars, he or she should learn something about fieldwork, something about bibliography, something about how to carry out library research, and something about how to publish that research.” IfsInspirationalShouldWholeFunnyCoursesStudentsResearchSeriesLibraryIncludingGraduatesGraduationPublishFolkloreSeminarsFieldworkBibliographyLibrary Research Author:Alan Dundes
“In the light of our culture, these are not unreasonable questions and tactics, but if once again, we try to see the lens through which we look, we can see that there is far too great an emphasis placed on the future.” IfsTryingLooksLightCultureEmphasisLensesTacticsTry AgainUnreasonable Author:Alan Dundes
“My academic identity is that of a folklorist, and for many years I have taught only folklore courses.” YearsCoursesIdentityTaughtAcademicFolklore Author:Alan Dundes
“Americans have a penchant for the future and tend to disregard the past.” PastDisregard Author:Alan Dundes
“Americans often have trouble enjoying the present moment.” MomentsEnjoyTroublePresent Moment Author:Alan Dundes
“I mentioned that one of the tripartite formulas in American worldview involves time: past, present, and future.” PastFormulasWorldviewPast PresentPast Present And FutureTimes Past Author:Alan Dundes
“Life, it seems, is nothing if not a series of initiations, transitions, and incorporations.” IfsSeemsSeriesTransitionInitiationIncorporation Author:Alan Dundes
“Polls are frequently taken to try to tease out or determine likely directions and trends, but once taken, they belong to the past, requiring that new polls be taken.” TryingPastTakenDetermineTrendsPollsTease Author:Alan Dundes
