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Folklore Forum 44 (1): Full Issue

25 Jun 202025 Jun 2020

The first 2020 issue of Folklore Forum is now available! Check out the articles and reviews in our most recent posts. Download a PDF version of the front matter: Folklore…

“Hometown Cooking”: Layering Values, Mass-Produced, and Garden-Raised Foods in Tater Tot Hot Dish in Southwest Minnesota

24 Jun 202024 Jun 2020

Abstract: Hot dishes, or casseroles, are popularly conceptualized as meals comprised merely of mass-produced ingredients. Through a close reading of Tater Tot Hot Dish, this article challenges this perception by…

“Dance is My Dragon Point”: Spirituality among Professional Dancers

1 Jun 20202 Jun 2020

Abstract: Using bodylore concepts of kinesthetic empathy in conjunction with spirituality scholarship, this research works to demonstrate the blurred boundaries between secular and spiritual activity in a particular occupation. Despite…

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…

Power, Natsu Onoda, God of Comics: Osamu Tezuka and the Creation of Post-World War II Manga

Power, Natsu Onoda. God of Comics: Osamu Tezuka and the Creation of Post-World War II Manga. University of Mississippi, 2009. Print. 208 pp, 6 x 9 inches, 53 b&w illustrations,…

Dorson, Richard. Bloodstoppers and Bearwalkers: Folk Traditions of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula

Dorson, Richard. Bloodstoppers and Bearwalkers: Folk Traditions of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, 3rd edition, edited by James P. Leary. Madison, Wisc.: University of Wisconsin Press, 2008 [1952]. pp. 371, index. Paper…

William Lynwood Montell, Tales from Kentucky Doctors

20 Sep 201120 Sep 2011

William Lynwood Montell. Tales from Kentucky Doctors. Lexington, KY: University of Kentucky Press, 2008. pp256 cloth $24.95, ebook $24.95. Donald E. Clare In today’s modern world of advancing electronic technology…

Editor Remarks…

From the Editor

Dear Reader, In the Fall of 2009, Folklore Forum issued a call for papers on cultural manifestations of violence and socio-cultural trauma. It was a weighty topic, but one selected…

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Beijing Duck 2008: Culinary Tourism, Cultural Performance, and Heritage Protection

20 Apr 20111 Aug 2011

Beijing Duck 2008: Culinary Tourism, Cultural Performance, and Heritage Protection Curtis Ashton Utah State University Abstract: During the 2008 Olympic season, two rival restaurants in Beijing saw an opportunity to…

The Snob, the Rube and the Connoisseur

1 Apr 20111 Aug 2011

The Snob, the Rube and the Connoisseur: Sideways and the Legitimation of "Culinary Capital" Margot Finn University of Michigan Abstract: In this essay, I analyze the critically-acclaimed 2004 film Sideways…

Fruits and Culture: A Preliminary Examination of Food-for-Sex Metaphors in English-language Caribbean Music

21 Mar 20111 Aug 2011

Fruits and Culture: A Preliminary Examination of Food-for-Sex Metaphors in English-language Caribbean Music Lyra Spang Indiana University Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to examine the ways that food,…