The Folklore Muse : Poetry, Fiction, and Other Reflections by Folklorists /: Poetry, Fiction, and Other Reflections by Folklorists. (2008)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Frank de Caro.
• Editors: de Caro, Frank
• Contents: Contents Acknowledgments The Folklorist's Endeavor: An Introduction Being or Becoming a Folklorist Steve Zeitlin, "Rock and Word" Daniel Peretti, "Shelfscapes" Libby Tucker, "Travels" Edward Hirsch, "Work Song" Jeannie Banks Thomas, "Instructions for Installing Blinds, " "Woman, 41 (Motif GYN041)" Steve Zeitlin, "Barbara, " "Julia, " "Amanda in the Mornings". . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Joanne B. Mulcahy, "'Affectionados': What My Mother Taught Me about Language". . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Mary Magoulick, "Women and Water in Senegal". . . . . . . 60 Elaine J. Lawless, "In Search of Our Mothers . . . and Our Selves". . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 Fieldwork, Folk Communities, Informants . . . . . . . . . . . 106 Frank de Caro, "Oral History". . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110 Cynthia Levee, "White Bluffs and Miss Lena". . . . . . . 112 Steve Zeitlin, "Margaret, " "Cat" . . . . . . . . . . . . 114 Jens Lund, "Karl and Janie". . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116 Ted Olson, "Historical Sign" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125 Margaret Yocom, "Opening Camp, " "Where the Living Keep Watch, " "Echo, at Lakeside, " "In Jewelweed". . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127 William Bernard McCarthy, "Second Growth". . . . . . . . 130 Jeff Todd Titon, "Percy" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132 Teresa Bergen, from Bigfoot Stole My Husband . . . . . . 154 Performance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168 Matt Clark, "Legends, Rumors, Lore, and Revelations (Some Incomplete) Involving Leaton Troutwine, a Local Eccentric/Celebrity/Hero (and Gordon's Owner)". . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173 Steve Zeitlin, "The Storytelling Wake" . . . . . . . . . 208 Leslie Prosterman, "Rant, " "Ceci, " "Painting Louise Gl¿ck". . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209 John Burrison, from Kamp: A Memory Novel . . . . . . . . 214 Jeannie Banks Thomas, "Shins around the Fireside (Jig)". . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223 William Bernard McCarthy, "Maybelle and Sara on the Porch" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224 The Powers of Narrative . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225 Frank de Caro, "Ballad Girls". . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228 Kirin Narayan, "Stella Stories". . . . . . . . . . . . . 230 Steve Zeitlin, "Once Upon a Time, " "Tickling the Corpse, " "Mirror" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248 Legend and Myth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250 Mary Magoulick, "A Cosmology of Women" . . . . . . . . . 253 Carrie Hertz, "Absent Gods". . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255 Paul Jordan-Smith, "Glaukos, " "Shadow" . . . . . . . . . 258 Danusha Goska, "The Ramayana . . . as if Sita Mattered" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259 Material Traditions, Material Things. . . . . . . . . . . . . 295 Holly Everett, "One of My Mothers" . . . . . . . . . . . 298 Steve Zeitlin, "The Quilters". . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307 Laurel Horton, "Grandma Effie and the Heirloom". . . . . 308 Jo Radner, "My Great-Great Half-Uncle Horace's Bone-Handled Jackknife" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309 Margaret Yocom, "The Cane" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311 Children, Lore, and Language . . . . . . . . . . 312 Susan Stewart, "my mother's garden, " "arrowhead, " "shadowplay, " "tag, " "red rover". . . . . . . . . . 314 Steve Zeitlin, "The Lulu Bird Nestles in the Daddy O Tree, " "Folksay, " "The Tenderness of Swine" . . . . 318 Neil Grobman, from Lost in Redskirt Forest . . . . . . . 320 Ritual and Custom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 344 William Bernard McCarthy, "The Birthday Horse" . . . . . 348 Rosan Augusta Jordan, "In Praise of Bodies, " "Hands and Hearts in the Days of the Dead in Oaxaca, Mexico" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350 Ted Olson, "Christmas Tree". . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 352 Steve Zeitlin, "Madhulika" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353 Margaret Yocom, "Eating Alone" . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354 Norma E. Cant¿, from Caba¿uelas: A Love Story . . . . . . . 355 Worldview and Belief. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 368 Jeannie Banks Thomas, "Salem, Massachusetts, Playground at Gallows Hill" . . . . . . . . . . . . 370 Teresa Bergen, "Haints". . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371 Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 422 Contributors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 409.
• Publisher Details: Logan : Utah State University Press
• Publication Date: 2008
• Copyright Date: 2008
• Extent: 1 online resource (244 pages)
• Subjects: Fiction -- General; Fiction -- Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology; Social Science -- Folklore & Mythology; Social Science -- Essays
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780874217278
• Related ISBNs: 9780874217261
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