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Always For the Underdog: Leather Britches Smith and the Grabow War

21 Jan 2013
Keagan LeJeune. Always For the Underdog: Leather Britches Smith and the Grabow War. Denton: University of North Texas Press, 2010. Pp. xvi+220, 22 b&w illustrations, index. $29.95 cloth. Danielle Quales…
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The Cloak of Dreams: Chinese Fairy Tales

13 Jan 201313 Jan 2013
Balázs, Béla. The Cloak of Dreams: Chinese Fairy Tales. Trans. Jack Zipes. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2010. Pp. ix+177. Illus., two appendices, bibliography. $24.95 hardcover. Brittany Warman The Ohio…
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78 Blues: Folksongs and Phonographs in the American South

1 Jan 20131 Jan 2013
John Minton, 78 Blues: Folksongs and Phonographs in the American South. Jackson: University Press of Mississippi. (American Made Music Series), 2008. x+288 pp. (ISBN: 9781934110195) (cloth). Yves Laberge, Ph.D.   …
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Folklore and the Internet: Vernacular Expression in a Digital World

31 Dec 20126 Jan 2013
Blank, Trevor J., ed. Folklore and the Internet: Vernacular Expression in a Digital World. Logan, UT, Utah State University Press, 2009. p.272. $24.95pb or free .pdf at http://digitalcommons.usu.edu/usupress_pubs/ Monica Foote Indiana…
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“Symbolic Ethnic Conflict”: Ethnicity and Trinbagonian Identity

16 Dec 201216 Dec 2012
“Symbolic Ethnic Conflict”: Ethnicity and Trinbagonian Identity Tricia Ferdinand Indiana University Ethnicity is a key site of symbolic conflict in Trinidad and Tobago because of its role in the hegemonic…
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Wild Games: Hunting and Fishing Traditions in North America

9 Dec 2012
Dennis Cutchins and Eric A. Eliason, Eds. Wild Games: Hunting and Fishing Traditions in North America. Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, 2009. Pp. xxi + 230, black and white photographs,…
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The Mothership Connection: Mythscape and Unity in the Music of Parliament

25 Nov 201225 Nov 2012
The Mothership Connection Mythscape and Unity in the Music of Parliament Kurt Baer Indiana University Due to Afro-centric and Afro-futurist themes and the lyrical content of some of their songs,…
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Corridos in Migrant Memory

19 Nov 2012
Chew Sánchez, Martha I. Corridos in Migrant Memory. Albuquerque, N.M.: University of New Mexico Press, 2006. pp. 246 34 halftones, 4 maps, index. Paper $29.95. Heather A. Vrana Indiana University…
Europe…

Multilocality and the narration of place meanings in an Irish story

11 Nov 2012
 Multilocality and the narration of place meanings in an Irish story  Chad Buterbaugh Indiana University Professional Irish storytelling reaches an audience well beyond Ireland, yet many stories are infused with…
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Fairy Tale Films: Visions of Ambiguity

3 Sep 2012
Greenhill, Pauline and Sidney Eve Matrix, ed. Fairy Tale Films: Visions of Ambiguity. Logan, UT: Utah State University Press, 2010. p. xiii + 263. List of tale types, bibliography, filmography, index.…
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McMeaning in the Maw of the Masses: Analyzing Fast Food Mash-Ups

27 Aug 201228 Aug 2012
McMeaning in the Maw of the Masses: Analyzing Fast Food Mash-Ups Meagan Winkelman Ohio State University This paper analyzes the foodways of teenagers in the digital age, specifically the construction…

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