Narrative – Folklore Forum

Marvelous Geometry: Narrative and Metafiction in Modern Fairy Tale

1 Apr 20131 Apr 2013

Jessica Tiffin. Marvelous Geometry: Narrative and Metafiction in Modern Fairy Tale. Detriot: Wayne State University Press, 2009. 253pp. $29.95, bibliographical references and index (pbk. Alk: paper). Shana Stockton Indiana University…

Multilocality and the narration of place meanings in an Irish story

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…

Thomas Burton. Beech Mountain Man: The Memoirs of Ronda Lee Hicks.

Thomas Burton. Beech Mountain Man: The Memoirs of Ronda Lee Hicks. Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, 2009. $32.95 cloth. Danielle E. Quales Indiana University In this book, Burton presents the…

Thomas Huanca L. Tsimane Oral Tradition, Landscape, and Identity in Tropical Forest

Tomas Huanca L. Tsimane Oral Tradition, Landscape, and Identity in Tropical Forest. La Paz, Bolivia: SEPHIS – South-South Exchange Programme for Research on the History of Development. 2006. Pp. iii+279,…

Mary Noailles Murfree. ed. Bill Hardwig. In the Tennessee Mountains

20 Mar 201220 Mar 2012

Mary Noailles Murfree. Ed. Bill Hardwig. In the Tennessee Mountains. Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, 2008. Pp. xlviii +167. $24.95 paper. Danielle Quales Indiana University The main body of this…

William Schneider, ed. Living With Stories: Telling, Re-telling, and Remembering

6 Mar 20126 Mar 2012

William Schneider, ed. Living With Stories: Telling, Re-telling, and Remembering. Logan: Utah State Press, 2008. pp. 175 pages. ISBN: 978-0-87421-689-9 (cloth) $27.95 cloth, $23.00 e-book. Kristiana Willsey Indiana University Living…

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Negotiating a Shire: The Transformation of Local Values in the Society for Creative Anachronism

Negotiating a Shire: The Transformation of Local Values in the Society for Creative Anachronism Suzanne Barber Indiana University Abstract: The Society for Creative Anachronism is an international non-profit organization and…

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Mythic Narrative Performances: The Myth of the Kharisiri

29 Aug 201129 Aug 2011

Mythic Narrative Performances: The Myth of the Kharisiri Vannessa Pelaez-Barrios Indiana University Abstract: In this essay, I analyze and explore the linguistic and poetic dimensions of language used by people…

Biscuit Revivalism: Salvaging Southern Foodways in the Family and Beyond

Biscuit Revivalism: Salvaging Southern Foodways in the Family and Beyond Whitney Brown University of North Carolina Abstract: The field of folklore has been preoccupied historically with authenticity. But what happens…

Testimony and Truth after Auschwitz

Testimony and Truth After Auschwitz Sarah Gordon Indiana University Abstract: Survivor testimony of the Holocaust often deviates from historical fact. Postmodern theory allows for the near nihilation of that testimony…

So, What Is the Story Behind This Name?: Royal Praise-Poetry As an Oral Mythic Narrative

30 Jan 20094 Feb 2009

So, What Is the Story Behind This Name?: Royal Praise-Poetry As an Oral Mythic Narrative Abdulai Salifu Indiana University Abstract The Dagomba praise singing genre of northern Ghana employs figurative…