Alan Dundes, (September 8, 1935 – March 30, 2005) was a folklorist at the University of California at Berkeley. His work was said to have been central to establishing the study of folklore as an academic discipline. He wrote 12 books, both academic and popular, and edited or co-wrote two dozen more. September 8 is the 251st day of the year (252nd in leap years). ... March 30 is the 89th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (90th in Leap years). ... Folkloristics is the formal academic study of folklore and mythology. ... The University of California, Berkeley (also known as Cal, UC Berkeley, UCB, or simply Berkeley) is a prestigious, public, coeducational university situated in the foothills of Berkeley, California to the east of San Francisco Bay, overlooking the Golden Gate and its bridge. ... Folklore is the ethnographic concept of the tales, legends, or superstitions current among a particular ethnic population, a part of the oral history of a particular culture. ...
He collapsed while giving a graduate seminar.
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You call this living?, a book of jokes of Eastern Europe under communism.
AlanDundes, 70, professor of anthropology and folklore at the University of California, Berkeley, died suddenly and unexpectedly on March 30, 2005.
AlanDundes was the most prolific and influential folklorist of his generation and, many would say, of all time.
AlanDundes was a supportive, responsible, and hardworking colleague, and contributed selflessly to the advancement of his department and the field of folklore.
Dundes is an expert on a wide variety of topics including urban folklore, cockfighting, proverbs, jokes, North American Indian folktales, and fairy tales.
Dundes was born and raised in New York, New York where he lived until he graduated from high school.
Dundes is a member of the American Folklore Society, the California Folklore Society, the American Anthropological Association and the International Society for Folk Narrative Research.
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