Antropología y Folklore

Abstract

A general approach is attempted about the similarities and differences that have characterized, historically and in the present day, the relationship between folklore and ethnological studies. Firstly a conceptual outline is made of the meaning, origins and scope of the folklore research. Next the apparent theoretical and methodological differences between the two research domains are analyzed, and finally an account is given of the open research lines, both by folklorists and ethnologists, that today contribute to unify the two fields of study in the broad context of the anthropological sciences, with special reference to the Spanish research.