Stewart, Polly, editorSiporin, Steve, editorSullivan, C. W., III, editorJones, Suzi, editorUtah State University Press, publisher2007-01-032007-01-032000http://hdl.handle.net/10217/87822Includes bibliographical references.A diverse group of writers and scholars follow the lead of noted folklorist Barre Toelken and consider, from the inside, the ways in which varied cultures in the American West understand and express their relations to the world around them. As Barre Toelken puts it in The Dynamics of Folklore, '''Worldview' refers to the manner in which a culture sees and expresses its relation to the world around it.1. Introduction, The Editors, Personal Essay -- 2. Language of Animals / Barry Lopez -- Song -- 3. Faith of our Fathers / George Venn -- 4. Blue Shadows on Human Drama: The Western Songscape / Hal Cannon -- Objects -- 5. A Diversity of Dead Helpers: Folk Saints of the U.S.-Mexico Borderlands / James S. Griffith -- 6. Icons of Immortality: Forest Lawn and the American Way of Death / Elliott Oring -- 7. Ride 'Em, Barbie Girl: Commodifying Folklore, Place, and the Exotic / Jeannie B. Thomas -- 8. Tall Tales and Sales / Steve Siporin -- Narrative -- 9. Jesse James: An American Outlaw / C.W. Sullivan III -- 10. John Campbell's Adventure, and the Ecology of Story / Jarold Ramsey -- 11. Raven and the Tide: A Tlingit Narrative / Nora Marks Dauenhauer editor, Richard Dauenhauer, editor -- Groups -- 12. "Two Moonlight Rides and a Picnic Lunch": Memories of Childhood in a Logging Community / Twilo Scofield -- 13. In Her Own Words: Women's Frontier Friendships in Letters, Diaries, and Reminiscences / Margaret K. Brady -- 14. Concept of the West and Other Hindrances to the Study of Mormon Folklore / William A. Wilson -- 15. Coquelle Indians and the Cultural "Black Hole" of the Southern Oregon Coast / George B. Wasson -- 16. Visible Landscapes/Invisible People: Negotiating the Power of Representation in a Mining Community / Robert McCarl -- Personal Essay -- 17. Local Character / Kim Stafford.born digitalbooksengCopyright and other restrictions may apply. User is responsible for compliance with all applicable laws. For information about copyright law, please see https://libguides.colostate.edu/copyright.All rights reserved. User is responsible for compliance. Please contact University Press of Colorado at https://upcolorado.com/our-books/rights-and-permissions for use information.Minorities -- West (U.S.) -- Social life and customsEthnophilosophy -- West (U.S.)Folklore -- West (U.S.)Group identity -- West (U.S.)West (U.S.) -- Ethnic relationsWest (U.S.) -- CivilizationWest (U.S.) -- In literatureTextAccess is limited to the Adams State University, Colorado State University, Colorado State University Pueblo, Community College of Denver, Fort Lewis College, Metropolitan State University Denver, Regis University, University of Alaska Fairbanks, University of Colorado Boulder, University of Colorado Colorado Springs, University of Colorado Denver, University of Denver, University of Northern Colorado, University of Wyoming, Utah State University and Western Colorado University communities only.