Folklore and Nation in Britain and Ireland
ed. Matthew Cheeseman and Carina Hart
Routledge 2021
Hb, 326pp, £120, ISBN 9780367440961
This collection, originating in the Folklore Society’s 2019 conference, , sets out to explore folklore (shared, traditional culture) and folkloristics (the academic discipline) within the contested national discourses of Britain and Ireland. It explores the role of folklore in shaping the islands’ constituent nations from the 18th to the 21st centuries. and examines how folklore functions as a vehicle for
