Cervelli, Luanne Beth (Fa 376),
2018
Western Kentucky University
Cervelli, Luanne Beth (Fa 376), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 376. Interview with John Buell Edmonds conducted by LuAnne Beth Cervelli on 18 September 1988. Edmonds, a notable gospel singer from Bowling Green, Kentucky discusses his experiences performing gospel music, his involvement in recording and promoting gospel groups, his relationship with the local choir, and the current state of gospel music.
Thomas, Norman (Fa 1129),
2018
Western Kentucky University
Thomas, Norman (Fa 1129), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 1129. Paper titled “Traditional Recipes” in which Norman Thomas details how to prepare various dishes ranging from opossum and porcupine to maple syrup and molasses taffy. Paper is based on information collected by Thomas from close relatives and family friends.
Gillan, Robert Lee, 1916-2009 (Sc 3183),
2018
Western Kentucky University
Gillan, Robert Lee, 1916-2009 (Sc 3183), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3183. Letter, 7 August 2006, of Robert Lee Gillan, Thorntown, Indiana, to Martha Harrison. He refers to his interest in genealogy and relates anecdotes about “Aunt Nancy,” an African American woman and caregiver to local families in Barren County, Kentucky. He includes particulars of some of her household advice, folk medicinal treatments and beliefs. He notes that she is buried in Lyons (Lyon) Cemetery.
Toadvine, Michael W. (Fa 1128),
2018
Western Kentucky University
Toadvine, Michael W. (Fa 1128), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 1128. Student paper titled “Traditional American Tools” in which Michael Toadvine describes agricultural implements utilized by members of the Shaker Village at Pleasant Hill. Toadvine’s collected the bulk of his information from Nancy Shewmaker, a resident of Harrodsburg and tour guide at Pleasant Hill. The paper includes black and white photographs of different tools as well as brief descriptions of use and design.
Brooks, Heather-Kristen (Fa 374),
2018
Western Kentucky University
Brooks, Heather-Kristen (Fa 374), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 374. Student oral history project titled “The Effects of Logan County School Consolidations on the Students of Lewisburg and the Community” in which Heather-Kristen Brooks conducts research on the centralization of five county schools in 1983. Brooks’ two informants touch on issues of race, extracurricular activities, athletics, and behavioral norms. Collection contains one paper, two indexes and transcripts, and two cassette tapes.
Pendleton, Darlene (Fa 1127),
2018
Western Kentucky University
Pendleton, Darlene (Fa 1127), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 1127. Student paper titled “The Art of Lace Making” in which Darlene Pendleton details the challenges and intricacies of braiding, lace making, knotting, and tatting. Pendleton, a student in the Textiles, Clothing, and Merchandising program at WKU, collected her data from two home economics teachers and one university instructor. The paper contains biographies of each informant, illustrations of patterns and designs, and samples of handiwork.
Allen, David (Fa 368),
2018
Western Kentucky University
Allen, David (Fa 368), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 368. Interview with Annie Duvall conducted by David Allen on 16 April 1998. Duvall discusses her personal experiences growing up in Muhlenberg County. Topics covered include dating, marriage, gardening, family vacations, religion, women’s rights, and changes in modern technologies.
Miller, Marcia (Fa 1126),
2018
Western Kentucky University
Miller, Marcia (Fa 1126), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 1126. Student paper titled “Farm Methods” in which Marcia Miller speaks with Henry Oliphant, a Bowling Green, Kentucky, native, about traditional farming practices . Topics covered include raising tobacco, harvesting hay, clearing top fields, and breaking new ground. Paper includes typed transcript of recorded interview.
Murphy, Pat (Fa 1125),
2018
Western Kentucky University
Murphy, Pat (Fa 1125), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 1125. Student paper titled “Wine-Making (Zymurgy)” in which Pat Murphy details the process of producing homemade wine. Murphy’s informants, which include close family members and friends, describe the growing and harvesting of grapes and blackberries, the fermentation period, ingredients, bottling, and distribution. The paper also includes interview transcripts.
Williams, Paulette (Fa 1124),
2018
Western Kentucky University
Williams, Paulette (Fa 1124), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 1124. Student paper titled “The ‘Lore’ of Autograph Book Verses” in which Paulette Williams collects numerous inscriptions, or “sentiments,” written in albums spanning across several decades. Williams gathered verses from books belonging to her mother and two local beauticians. The inscriptions are divided into several basic categories.
True, Valerie (Fa 1122),
2018
Western Kentucky University
True, Valerie (Fa 1122), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 1122. Student paper titled “Making of Lye Soap” in which Valerie True details the processes behind soap production. True’s informants include her grandmother, Delora True, and her boyfriend’s mother, Frances Chaney. Additional information regarding the uses of lye soap, necessary ingredients, and tools of the trade are also included. Black and white photographs of the process are provided as well.
Alexander, Patricia (Fa 1123),
2018
Western Kentucky University
Alexander, Patricia (Fa 1123), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 1123. Student paper titled “Folk Beliefs” in which Patricia Alexander gathers together a collection of old wives’ tales, proverbs, and superstitions. Beliefs were provided by Alexander’s grandmother, Rebecca Alexander, who was a Warren County, Kentucky native.
Ua68/14 Fsa Newsletter,
2018
Western Kentucky University
Ua68/14 Fsa Newsletter, Wku Folk Studies & Anthropology
WKU Administration Documents
Newsletter created by and about the WKU Folk Studies & Anthropology department.
Masculinity And Men’S Bodies In Fairy Tales: Youth, Violence, And Transformation,
2018
Butler University
Masculinity And Men’S Bodies In Fairy Tales: Youth, Violence, And Transformation, Jeana Jorgensen
Scholarship and Professional Work - LAS
The study of masculinity in fairy tales lags behind the study of femininity, a lack this article addresses by reviewing the intersections of masculinity studies and feminist theory and using a dataset based on canonical fairy-tale collections to empirically tease out representations of men's bodies in fairy tales. Crucial findings include the significance of youth, physical stature, violence, and transformations in depictions of men's bodies in fairy tales, which contribute to a construction of hegemonic masculinity as fragile yet the unmarked norm.
Bodylore And Dress,
2018
Old Dominion University
Bodylore And Dress, Amy K. Milligan
Women's & Gender Studies Faculty Publications
Bodylore includes the ways in which the body is used as a canvas for inherited and chosen identity. Bodylore considers the symbolic inventory of dress and hair, addressing a range of identities from conservative religious groups like the Amish and the Hasidim to edgy goth and punk devotees. The body is scripted in portrayals of race, ethnicity, gender, age, religion, and politics, including such topics as tattoos, piercing, scarification, hair covering and styling, traditional and folk dress, fashion, and body modification. The central bodylore questions are whether individuals choose consciously or subconsciously to engage with their performative body, as well …
Seeing Witchcraft,
2017
Society of the Missionaries of Africa
Seeing Witchcraft, Bernhard Udelhoven
Journal of Global Catholicism
When Christians in Zambia struggle with witchcraft, they also struggle with African cultural and religious concepts that deal with life’s ambiguities and that require discernment. It is not by working against the cultural and religious heritage, but by working with it, as far as possible, that the pastor can identify the broken relationships towards which many witchcraft discourses point. However, before we place the concepts of witchcraft into the realm of superstition (as are the trends of mission Christianity) or the demonic (as are the trends of charismatic Christianity), the Church has the duty to look at the concepts, stay …
Cosmology Performed, The World Transformed: Mimesis And The Logical Operations Of Nature And Culture In Myth In Amazonia And Beyond,
2017
Cape Peninsula University of Technology
Cosmology Performed, The World Transformed: Mimesis And The Logical Operations Of Nature And Culture In Myth In Amazonia And Beyond, Deon Liebenberg
Tipití: Journal of the Society for the Anthropology of Lowland South America
By analyzing myths from around the world to build an argument regarding the relation between cosmology and community, Amazonian myths are set within a broader set of mythic imageries. Lévi-Strauss showed how a structural description of myth should fully incorporate the entire set of variant arrangements through which its elements or terms could be related to one another. Despite the criticism to which his approach has been subject, the notion that certain kinds of logical operations could be gleaned in the organization of myth continues to yield valuable insights. In this paper, I contend that the mimetic representation of empirically …
Osborne, Lois (Fa 1121),
2017
Western Kentucky University
Osborne, Lois (Fa 1121), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project FA 1121. Student folk studies project titled: "Good and Bad Luck Beliefs," which includes notecards with brief descriptions of traditional beliefs about good and bad luck in Cook County, Illinois, Dearborn County, Indiana, Knox County, Tennessee, and the counties of Barren, Fayette, Hardin, Hart, Hopkins, Jefferson and Nelson in Kentucky. Notecards may include a description of the traditional belief, informant's name and address, motif index number, and text classification.
Hester, Lanny Ray, 1950-2015 (Fa 1120),
2017
Western Kentucky University
Hester, Lanny Ray, 1950-2015 (Fa 1120), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project FA 1120. Student folk studies project titled: "Traditional Farming Methods & Tools," which includes survey sheets with brief descriptions of traditional farming using horses or mules in Warren County, Kentucky. Sheets may include a description of the traditional tack or implement, photo, informant's name, and text classification.
Cavin, Debbie And Sharman Mullins (Fa 1119),
2017
Western Kentucky University
Cavin, Debbie And Sharman Mullins (Fa 1119), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Folklife Archives Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 1119. Student paper titled “The Stewart Farm” in which Debbie Cavin and Sharman Mulls provide an expansive look at the homestead of Garrett Graham Stewart, a native of Warren County, Kentucky. The log house, which was built by Stewart in 1850, was originally part of a 400-acre farmstead. Cavin and Mullins collected their historical data from Bill and Bell Muth, a couple who were in the process of renovating and restoring the Stewart home. In addition to a history of the land, Cavin and Mullins also provide commentary on the home’s various architectural …
