"Who's That Knocking On My Door?": Barnacle Bill the Sailor and his Mates in Song and Story (Occasional Papers in Folklore) - Softcover

Bronner, Simon J

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1935243837 ISBN 13: 9781935243830

Publisher: Loomis House Press, 2016

Synopsis

The bawdy exploits of “Barnacle Bill the Sailor” are normally relegated to late-night college parties, sports celebrations, and military clubs, but the crusty seaman has antecedents in ballads reaching back to the sixteenth century. This study explores those roots, the modern variants of the song, and its cultural contexts, uncovering the gender identity and social power themes within these widely-sung ribald verses.

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About the Author:

Simon J. Bronner is Distinguished Professor of American Studies and Folklore and chair of the American Studies Program at the Pennsylvania State University, Harrisburg. He has also taught at Harvard University, Dickinson College, University of California at Davis, Osaka University (Japan), and Leiden University (Netherlands). He is the author and editor of over 35 books on folklore and cultural history, including recently Folklore: The Basics (Routledge, 2017), Youth Cultures in America (Greenwood, 2016), Campus Traditions (University Press of Mississippi, 2012), Explaining Traditions (University Press of Kentucky 2011), Encyclopedia of American Folklife (4 vols., M.E. Sharpe, 2006), Crossing the Line (Amsterdam University Press, 2006), and Manly Traditions (Indiana University Press, 2005). His Old-Time Music Makers of New York State (Syracuse University Press, 1987) won the John Ben Snow Foundation Prize and the Award of Merit from the Regional Council of Historical Societies. He has received numerous other awards for his scholarship and teaching, including the Kenneth Goldstein Award for Lifetime Academic Leadership, Peter and Iona Opie Award for children's folklore, the Wayland D. Hand Prize for folklore and history from the American Folklore Society, Mary Turpie Prize from the American Studies Association, and the Doctoral Teaching Award from the Northeastern Association of Graduate Schools. He has served as President of the Fellows of the American Folklore Society, Western States Folklore Society, and the Middle Atlantic Folklife Association. He has received fellowships from the National Endowment for the Humanities, Rockefeller Foundation, McCormick Foundation, and National Endowment for the Arts for his research.

About this edition

• Publisher: Loomis House Press
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1935243837
• ISBN 13: 9781935243830
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 76