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American Folklore Society Keeping Folklorists Connected Folklore at the Crossroads 2014 Annual Meeting Program and Abstracts 2014 Annual Meeting Committee Executive Board Brent Björkman (Kentucky Folklife Program, Western The annual meeting would be impossible without these Kentucky University) volunteers: they put together sessions, arrange lectures, Maria Carmen Gambliel (Idaho Commission on the special events, and tours, and carefully weigh all proposals Arts, retired) to build a strong program. Maggie Holtzberg (Massachusetts Cultural Council) Margaret Kruesi (American Folklife Center) Local Planning Committee Coordinator David Todd Lawrence (University of St. Thomas) Laura Marcus Green (independent) Solimar Otero (Louisiana State University) Pravina Shukla (Indiana University) Local Planning Committee Diane Tye (Memorial University of Newfoundland) Marsha Bol (Museum of International Folk Art) Carolyn E. Ware (Louisiana State University) Antonio Chavarria (Museum of Indian Arts and Culture) Juwen Zhang (Willamette University) Nicolasa Chavez (Museum of International Folk Art) Felicia Katz-Harris (Museum of International Folk Art) Melanie LaBorwit (New Mexico Department of American Folklore Society Staff Cultural Affairs) Kathleen Manley (University of Northern Colorado, emerita) Executive Director Claude Stephenson (New Mexico State Folklorist, emeritus) Timothy Lloyd Suzanne Seriff (Museum of International Folk Art) [email protected] Steve Green (Western Folklife Center) 614/292-3375 Review Committee Coordinators Associate Director David A. Allred (Snow College) Lorraine Walsh Cashman Aunya P. R. Byrd (Lone Star College System) [email protected] Nancy C. McEntire (Indiana State University) 614/292-2199 Elaine Thatcher (Heritage Arts Services) Administrative and Editorial Associate Review Committee Readers Rob Vanscoyoc Carolyn Sue Allemand (University of Mary Hardin-Baylor) [email protected] Nelda R. Ault (Cache Refugee and Immigrant Connection) 614/292-4715 Jan H. Brunvand (University of Utah, emeritus) Lisa Duskin-Goede (Bear River Heritage Area) Interns Lisa A. Gabbert (Utah State University) Kaitlyn Berle (Western Kentucky University) Todd A. Hanson (Los Alamos National Laboratory) Virginia Siegel (Western Kentucky University) Jeffrey Garn Howard (Utah State University) Suzanne MacAulay (University of Colorado, Colorado Springs) Lynne S. McNeill (Utah State University) American Folklore Society Executive Office Sandra Mizumoto Posey (Metropolitan State University of Denver) The Ohio State University, Mershon Center Brenda M. Romero (University of Colorado, Boulder) 1501 Neil Avenue, Columbus, OH 43201-2602 USA Claudia M. Schwabe (Utah State University) Steve Siporin (Utah State University) 614/292-4715 David Stanley (Westminster College) 614/292-2199 fax www.afsnet.org 2014 American Folklore Society Officers President Michael Ann Williams (Western Kentucky University) Past President Diane E. Goldstein (Indiana University) American Folklore Society Keeping Folklorists Connected Folklore at the Crossroads 2014 Annual Meeting Program and Abstracts Santa Fe Community Convention Center and Eldorado Hotel Santa Fe, New Mexico • November 5–8 Copyright 2014 American Folklore Society All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reprinted in any form or by any means without prior permission from the publisher. Published by the American Folklore Society The Ohio State University Mershon Center 1501 Neil Ave. Columbus, OH 43201-2602 USA Printed by UniPrint at The Ohio State University TABLE of CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGMENTS v GENERAL INFORMATION 1 PROGRAM SUMMARY 5 PROGRAM SCHEDULE WEDNESDAY 15 THURSDAY 19 FRIDAY 35 SATURDAY 51 ABSTRACTS PLENARY ADDRESSES 65 SECTION-SPONSORED LECTURES 67 SPECIAL EVENTS 69 PREORGANIZED SESSIONS 77 INDIVIDUAL PRESENTATIONS 97 INDEXES PRESENTERS 177 EVENTS 185 KEYWORDS 191 EXHIBITORS 195 MAPS 209 iii ACKNOWLEDGMENTS PARTNERS The following partners have provided generous support for the Society’s 2014 activities: American Folklore Society Endowment Fund and Sustainers’ Fund Donors Center for Folklore Studies, The Ohio State University The Ford Foundation The Henry Luce Foundation Indiana University Bloomington Libraries Mershon Center for International Security Studies, The Ohio State University National Endowment for the Arts Oral History Association Society for Ethnomusicology Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress The following partners have provided generous support for the 2014 AFS Annual Meeting: AFS Folklore and Museum Policy and Practice Working Group AFS Sections: Archives and Libraries; Chicana/o; Dance and Movement Analysis; Folk Belief and Religious Folklife; Folk Narrative; Folklore and Creative Writing; Folklore and Education; Folklore Latino, Latinoamericano, y Caribeño; Foodways; Independent Folklorists; Mediterranean; Music and Song; Politics, Folklore, and Social Justice; Public Programs; Space, Place, and Landscapes; Storytelling; Transnational Asia/Pacific; Women’s The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation The Fellows of the American Folklore Society Folklore Studies in a Multicultural World Series Presses: University of Illinois Press, University of Wisconsin Press, University Press of Mississippi Local Learning: The National Network for Folk Arts in Education The Museum of Indian Arts and Culture The Museum of International Folk Art University Reception Hosts: Indiana University, Memorial University of Newfoundland, The Ohio State University, University of Missouri Wayne State University Press v ACKNOWLEDGMENTS DONORS Endowment Fund Donors These members have made planned gifts—either present contributions or future pledges—to the Society’s Endowment Fund, thereby helping to sustain the permanence and strength of the Society and the field. Roger D. Abrahams Michael Owen Jones Elliott Oring Peter Bartis Barbara Kirshenblatt- Maida Owens Jane Beck Gimblett Beverly B. and Daniel W. Jan Harold and Elaine J. Lawless and Patterson Judy Brunvand Sandy Rikoon Jo Radner Peggy Bulger Carl Lindahl Susan Roach William M. Clements Barbara and Timothy Aimée Schmidt Frank de Caro and Lloyd Daniel Sheehy Rosan A. Jordan Marsha MacDowell Laurie Sommers John Dorst and C. Kurt Dewhurst Polly Stewart Diane E. Goldstein Kate Grow McCormick Elaine Thatcher Rochelle J. Goldstein Judith McCulloh Kay Turner Joseph P. Goodwin Wolfgang and Barbara Patricia A. Turner Lee Haring Mieder Margaret R. Yocom Elissa R. Henken Margaret A Mills Steve Zeitlin Joyce A. Ice Patrick B Mullen Rosemary Lévy Zumwalt Bill Ivey Dorothy Noyes and Isaac Jack Lévy Sustainers’ Fund Donors AFS uses these gifts to support and enhance its current programs and services, including publications, web resources, conferences, prizes, travel stipends, and student support. 2013 Donors Cristina Bacchilega Joseph Hickerson Tom Mould Robert Baron Susan Hollis Justin Nolan Christina Barr Rachel Hopkin Dorothy Noyes and Barry Bergey Joyce A. Ice Mike Krippendorf Paddy Bowman Bill Ivey Ann O’Bryan Simon J Bronner Jason Baird Jackson Robert Osenenko Lorraine and Ray Rosan A. Jordan and Solimar Otero Cashman Frank de Caro Maida Owens William M. Clements Winifred Lambrecht Beverly B. and Daniel W. Nancy Keim Comley James P. Leary Patterson Susan G. Davis Cherry P. Levin Elizabeth Peterson James R. Dow Barbara and Timothy Frank Proschan Elaine Eff Lloyd Jan Rosenberg Susan Eleuterio Marsha MacDowell Neil Rosenberg Hasan El-Shamy and C. Kurt Dewhurst Rachelle Hope Annette B Fromm Sabina Magliocco Saltzman Diane E. Goldstein Douglas Manger Patricia Sawin Marcia Gaudet Sarah McCartt-Jackson Nicole Saylor Alan Govenar Jay Mechling Daniel Sheehy Andrea Graham Wolfgang and Barbara Pravina Shukla and Jo Farb Hernandez Mieder Henry Glassie vi ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Amy E Skillman Kay Turner Marilyn M. White Larry Syndergaard Theresa A. Vaughan Juwen Zhang Cory W. Thorne Thomas U. Walker Jacqueline Thursby Carolyn E. Ware 2014 Donors (to date) Jane Beck Jason Baird Jackson Solimar Otero Susan G. Davis Thomas W. Johnson James Palmer Michael Evans Margaret Kruesi Suzanne Seriff Marcia Gaudet Enrique Lamadrid Laurie Sommers Janet Gilmore Cherry P. Levin Jacqueline Thursby William Hansen Kathleen E B Manley Thomas U. Walker Maggie Holtzberg Wolfgang Mieder Marilyn M. White Making Gifts to the AFS Endowment or Sustainers’ Fund Anyone can make a gift or pledge to the Endowment Fund or a gift to the Sustainers’ Fund. We welcome gifts (and, in the case of the Endowment Fund, pledges) in any amount—your participation is what is important. To discuss a gift to the Society’s Endowment or Sustainers’ Fund, please contact Timothy Lloyd, executive director, American Folklore Society, Mershon Center, The Ohio State University, 1501 Neil Avenue, Columbus, OH 43201-2602 USA; phone 614/292-3375; e-mail [email protected]. LIFE MEMBERS Roger D. Abrahams C. Kurt Dewhurst Doreen H. Klassen Lucy H. Allen Faith H Eikaas Natalie Kononenko Dale K. Andrews Susan Eleuterio Debra Lattanzi Barbara A. Babcock Michael Dylan Foster Shutika Daniel R. Barnes Henry Glassie Keagan LeJeune Robert Baron Rochelle J. Goldstein Carl Lindahl Christina Barr Diane E. Goldstein Timothy Lloyd Peter T. Bartis Gregory Hansen David L. Lybarger Richard Bauman Lee Haring David C. Lyne Jane Beck Jeanne Harrah Johnson Marsha MacDowell Marshall J Becker Elissa R. Henken Sabina Magliocco Betty J Belanus Maria Herrera-Sobek Nancy Martin-Perdue Dan Ben-Amos Lani Herrmann Jodi McDavid Regina Bendix Joseph Hickerson David McDonald James R. Bindon Frank A Hoffmann Bohdan