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Mississippi Folklife. Volume 31, Number 2 (Spring 1999), Mississippi Folklore Society, University Of Mississippi. Center For The Study Of Southern Culture Apr 1999

Mississippi Folklife. Volume 31, Number 2 (Spring 1999), Mississippi Folklore Society, University Of Mississippi. Center For The Study Of Southern Culture

Mississippi Folklife

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Children's Folklore, Brian Sutton-Smith, Jay Mechling, Thomas W. Johnson, Felicia R. Mcmahon Jan 1999

Children's Folklore, Brian Sutton-Smith, Jay Mechling, Thomas W. Johnson, Felicia R. Mcmahon

All USU Press Publications

A collection of original essays by scholars from a variety of fields—including American studies, folklore, anthropology, psychology, sociology, and education—Children's Folklore: A Source Book moves beyond traditional social-science views of child development. It reveals the complexity and artistry of interactions among children, challenging stereotypes of simple childhood innocence and conventional explanations of development that privilege sober and sensible adult outcomes. Instead, the play and lore of children is shown to be often disruptive, wayward, and irrational. The contributors variably con-sider and demonstrate "contextual" and "textual" ways of studying the folklore of children. Avoiding a narrow definition of the subject, they …

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Ua1d Mary Clarke, Wku Human Resources Jan 1999

Ua1d Mary Clarke, Wku Human Resources

WKU Administration Documents

Personnel file of professor Mary Clarke, includes correspondence and newspaper clippings.

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Folktales - Contemporary Legend, Lechuzas, 1999, 2003-2004 Jan 1999

Folktales - Contemporary Legend, Lechuzas, 1999, 2003-2004

Mark Glazer's Traditional Mexican American Folklore Collection

Folktales collected by anthropology students in 1999 and 2003-2004. NOTE: Personally identifiable information has been redacted.

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Narrating Gender: Children's Responses To Gender Roles Depicted In Orally Told Folk Tales And Other Traditional Stories, Robin Ann Mello Jan 1999

Narrating Gender: Children's Responses To Gender Roles Depicted In Orally Told Folk Tales And Other Traditional Stories, Robin Ann Mello

Educational Studies Dissertations

This qualitative investigation was based on grounded and feminist methodology and examined the reactions of ten fourth grade students to the gender roles depicted in orally told folk tales. Data consisted of surveys, writing samples, and interviews, collected in both mixed and single gender groups. Data were transcribed and coded using open and axial procedures. This study finds that heroes were valued for their aggression, strength, and warrior status while heroines were appreciated for their intelligence, caring, and endurance. Boys highly valued warrior like behavior. Girls, on the other hand, had a difficult time equating the value of 'gender bending' …

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The Self In ‘Fieldwork’: A Methodological Concern, Christie L. Fox, Beverly Stoeltje, Stephen Olbrys Jan 1999

The Self In ‘Fieldwork’: A Methodological Concern, Christie L. Fox, Beverly Stoeltje, Stephen Olbrys

English Faculty Publications

As concepts of reflexivity and postcolonial perspectives have advanced our understandings of the way we represent those we study, they have also introduced a consciousness of the role of the self in research. This article reviews the history of the field of folklore with regard to the method of obtaining data or texts and demonstrates that collecting material contrasts with the practice of conducting research in the field. Pointing to a moment of transition, it shows that theories of folklore had to undergo significant change before methods of research would acknowledge the identity of the fieldworker and its significance.

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Folktales - Witches, Lechuzas, 1999, 2002 Jan 1999

Folktales - Witches, Lechuzas, 1999, 2002

Mark Glazer's Traditional Mexican American Folklore Collection

Folktales collected by anthropology students in 1999 and 2002. NOTE: Personally identifiable information has been redacted.

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Francis Harper Papers, Zach S. Henderson Library Special Collections Jan 1999

Francis Harper Papers, Zach S. Henderson Library Special Collections

Finding Aids

This collection consists of the professional and personal papers of Cornell-trained naturalist Dr. Francis Harper. Materials span 1904-1972 and include field notebooks, correspondence, photographs, and audiovisual materials documenting the plant and animal life as well as human ecology of the Okefenokee Swamp area of South Georgia. The photographs within Series 1 show the flora, fauna, and people of the Okefenokee swamp. The photographs were taken by the Harpers while on their trips to the swamp. Photographs are all in black and white and range in size. The Field Journals chronicle his travels in the okefenokee, Canada, and New England. Materials …

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Mississippi Folklife. Volume 31, Number 1 (Fall 1998), Mississippi Folklore Society, University Of Mississippi. Center For The Study Of Southern Culture Oct 1998

Mississippi Folklife. Volume 31, Number 1 (Fall 1998), Mississippi Folklore Society, University Of Mississippi. Center For The Study Of Southern Culture

Mississippi Folklife

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"Anything Dead Coming Back To Life Hurts": Ghosts And Memory In Hamlet And Beloved, Rebecca Boyd Aug 1998

"Anything Dead Coming Back To Life Hurts": Ghosts And Memory In Hamlet And Beloved, Rebecca Boyd

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

Ghost stories are an ingrained part of most cultures because, typically, humans must be forced to confront those elements of their individual and communal past that they would prefer to ignore. Accordingly, ghosts have embodied weaknesses and hidden evils that must be assimilated and transcended, and writers have embroidered a variety of subtexts upon the traditional fabric of ghostlore. Specifically, both William Shakespeare's Hamlet and Toni Morrison's Beloved employ ghosts as symbols of man's archetypal desire to hide his past. A careful examination of the texts in these ghost stories, of the cultural folklore included, and of the ghosts' influence …

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Interview With Regina Brooks (Fa 374), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives May 1998

Interview With Regina Brooks (Fa 374), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Oral Histories

Transcription of interview with Regina Brooks conducted by Heather-Kristen Brooks on 3 May 1998. From folk studies student project “The Effects of High School Consolidation on the Students and Community of Lewisburg” concerning the centralization of five Logan County schools in 1983 and the issues of race, extracurricular activities, athletics, and behavioral norms.

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Portraits And Landscapes In Family Narrative, Hayden Roberts May 1998

Portraits And Landscapes In Family Narrative, Hayden Roberts

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

This thesis works from my interest in how individual perspectives affect family narratives and constructions of family history. Narrative exists chiefly in story form, but it also exists in people's mind, helping them to understand material culture, customs, and other forms of folk expression. These folk ideas define us and bind us socially. The way we arrange things in our minds, make sense of life experiences and the narratives we about create these experiences, define our social ties, such as family. Before one can understand the collective or group perception of itself, one must understand how each component or person …

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Festivals, Function And Context: An Ethnographic Study Of Three Festivals At Holden Village, Andrea Mericle May 1998

Festivals, Function And Context: An Ethnographic Study Of Three Festivals At Holden Village, Andrea Mericle

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

The purpose of this thesis is to explore how three festivals function together to meet the Mission Statement goals of Holden Village, an isolated Lutheran renewal center located in the Cascade mountains in Washington State. The Holden Village Mission Statement states that Holden Village is organized to provide a community for healing, renewal, and refreshment of people through worship, intercession, study, humor, work, recreation, and conversation in a climate of mutual acceptance under the Lordship of Jesus Christ. The purpose of this community is to participate in the renewal for the church and the world by proclaiming the gospel of …

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Interview With Samantha Hamilton (Fa 374), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Apr 1998

Interview With Samantha Hamilton (Fa 374), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Oral Histories

Transcription of interview with Samantha Hamilton conducted by Heather-Kristen Brooks on 29 April 1998. From folk studies student project “The Effects of High School Consolidation on the Students and Community of Lewisburg” concerning the centralization of five Logan County schools in 1983 and the issues of race, extracurricular activities, athletics, and behavioral norms.

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Interview With Annie Duvall (Fa 368), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Apr 1998

Interview With Annie Duvall (Fa 368), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Oral Histories

Transcription of interview with Annie Duvall conducted by David Bruce Allen on 17 April 1998. From folk studies student project concerning her personal experiences growing up in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, including dating, marriage, gardening, family vacations, religion, women’s rights and changes in modern technologies.

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Interview With Bill Cowan (Fa 386), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 1998

Interview With Bill Cowan (Fa 386), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Oral Histories

Transcription of interview with Bill Cowan conducted by Shirley Draper on 24 February 1998. From folk studies student project concerning bush arbor religious meetings in Logan County, Kentucky.

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Mississippi Folklife. Volume 30, Numbers 1-2 (1998), Mississippi Folklore Society, University Of Mississippi. Center For The Study Of Southern Culture Jan 1998

Mississippi Folklife. Volume 30, Numbers 1-2 (1998), Mississippi Folklore Society, University Of Mississippi. Center For The Study Of Southern Culture

Mississippi Folklife

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Ua3/9/6/1 Programs Of Distinction, Gary Ransdell, Wku President's Office Jan 1998

Ua3/9/6/1 Programs Of Distinction, Gary Ransdell, Wku President's Office

WKU Administration Documents

Gary Ransdell interview regarding programs of distinction by unidentified reporter.

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Following Tradition, Simon J. Bronner Jan 1998

Following Tradition, Simon J. Bronner

All USU Press Publications

Following Tradition is an expansive examination of the history of tradition—"one of the most common as well as most contested terms in English language usage"—in Americans' thinking and discourse about culture. Tradition in use becomes problematic because of "its multiple meanings and its conceptual softness." As a term and a concept, it has been important in the development of all scholarly fields that study American culture. Folklore, history, American studies, anthropology, cultural studies, and others assign different value and meaning to tradition. It is a frequent point of reference in popular discourse concerning everything from politics to lifestyles to sports …

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"She Protects Her Girls": The Legend Of Mary Hawkins At Pemberton Hall, Margaret Allen-Kline Jan 1998

"She Protects Her Girls": The Legend Of Mary Hawkins At Pemberton Hall, Margaret Allen-Kline

Masters Theses

The tradition of the legend of Mary Hawkins provides an example of how urban legends develop and circulate in a community. The legend is a part of a larger tradition of story telling and of urban legends such as "The Roommate's Death" which follow the same format. The legend is believed to be true, and many believe an actual event is the basis for the story. It is perpetuated by word of mouth, and like a ripple in a still body of water, it reaches beyond the campus and into the mainstream of the local community by means of the …

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Sawerigading In Strange Places: The I La Galigo Myth In Central Sulawesi, Jennifer W. Nourse Jan 1998

Sawerigading In Strange Places: The I La Galigo Myth In Central Sulawesi, Jennifer W. Nourse

Sociology and Anthropology Faculty Publications

In this chapter I present an alternative response to Sawerigading. Among the Central Sulawesi Lauje who live in the Kecamatan Tinombo on the Tomini Bay, Sawerigading is not a Bugis hero, but a native son. In what follows I explore his transformation from Bugis into local Lauje hero and what this transformation reveals about the extent of Bugis influence in a Central Sulawesi coastal kingdom which is at the political periphery of South Sulawesi. Most of the people in the community discuss claim to be either Lauje, the indigenous ethnic group, or an immigrant mix of Kaili, Gorontalo or Mandar. …

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Siemon, Maile Dawn (Fa 185), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 1997

Siemon, Maile Dawn (Fa 185), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 185. "Gang Symbols in the Courier-Journal", a paper written by Siemon for a WKU folk studies class.

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Hoagland, Melissa Marie (Fa 180), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 1997

Hoagland, Melissa Marie (Fa 180), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 180. Paper written by Melissa Marie Hoagland entitled "The Folklore of the Christmas Season" for a WKU folk studies class. Articles from the Courier Journal, Louisville, Kentucky, referenced.

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Brown, Angela E. (Fa 173), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 1997

Brown, Angela E. (Fa 173), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 173. "Child Abuse", a paper written by Angela E. Brown for a WKU folk studies class. Articles from the "Courier-Journal", Louisville, Kentucky, referenced.

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Powers, Whitney Gaye (Fa 183), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 1997

Powers, Whitney Gaye (Fa 183), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 183. Paper entitled "Folklore in Wedding Etiquette", written by Powers for a WKU folk studies class.

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Tidwell, Tiffany (Fa 187), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 1997

Tidwell, Tiffany (Fa 187), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 187. Paper written by Tidwell for a WKU folk studies class entitled "Derby Traditions." Articles from the Courier-Journal are referenced.

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Skaggs, William C. (Fa 186), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 1997

Skaggs, William C. (Fa 186), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 186. Paper written by Skaggs for a WKU folk studies class entitled "Smoking is Directly Related to Coolness." Periodical advertisements are referenced.

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Brown, Bethany D. (Fa 174), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 1997

Brown, Bethany D. (Fa 174), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 174. "The Folklore in Cosmetic Advertising", a paper written by Bethany D. Brown for a WKU folk studies class. "Redbook" magazine is referenced.

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Asbell, Adrienne (Fa 172), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 1997

Asbell, Adrienne (Fa 172), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 172. "The Preservation of Things Held Sacred: Cemeteries in the Mass Media", a paper written by Adrienne Asbell for a WKU folk studies class. Articles from various newspapers and periodicals referenced.

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Amaro, Maria E. (Fa 171), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Dec 1997

Amaro, Maria E. (Fa 171), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 171. "The Use of Food in Family Circus", a paper written by Maria E. Amaro for a WKU folk studies class. "Family Circus" comic strip from the "Park City Daily News", Bowling Green, Kentucky is referenced.

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