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What goes around comes around : the circulation of proverbs in contemporary life
- Title
- What goes around comes around : the circulation of proverbs in contemporary life / edited by Kimberly J. Lau, Peter Tokofsky, Stephen D. Winick.
- Publication
- Logan : Utah State University Press, c2004.
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- Additional Authors
- Description
- 190 p.; 23 cm.
- Subject
- Proverbs > History and criticism
- Note
- "Essays in honor of Wolfgang Mieder"--P. [ii].
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Contents
- What goes around comes around : the circulation of proverbs in contemporary life / Kimberly J. Lau, Peter Tokofsky, and Stephen D. Winick -- "In aqua scribere" : the evolution of a current proverb / Charles Clay Doyle -- "From one act of charity, the world is saved" : creative selection of proverbs in Sephardic narrative / Isaac Jack Lévy and Rosemary Lévy Zumwalt -- Baseball as (pan)America : a sampling of baseball-related metaphors in Spanish / Shirley L. Arora -- "You can't kill shit" : occupational proverb and metaphorical system among young medical professionals / Stephen D. Winick -- "Cheaters never prosper" and other lies adults tell kids : proverbs and the culture wars over character / Jay Mechling -- The proverb and fetishism in American advertisements / Anand Prahlad -- "The early bird is worth two in the bush" : Captain Jack Aubrey's fractured proverbs / Jan Harold Brunvand -- As the crow flies : a straightforward study of lineal worldview in American folk speech / Alan Dundes.
- Call Number
- JFE 06-4997
- ISBN
- 0874215927 (alk. paper)
- 087421596X (hardcover)
- LCCN
- 2004016467
- OCLC
- 55962171
- Title
- What goes around comes around : the circulation of proverbs in contemporary life / edited by Kimberly J. Lau, Peter Tokofsky, Stephen D. Winick.
- Imprint
- Logan : Utah State University Press, c2004.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
- Lau, Kimberly J.Tokofsky, Peter, 1963-Winick, Stephen D., 1968-Mieder, Wolfgang.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 06-4997