THE AMERICAN FOLKLORE SOCIETY
PROGRAM FOR THE ANNUAL MEETING NOVEMBER 11-14, 1971
HOTEL WASHINGTON PENNSYLVANIA AVE. AT 15TH STREET WASHINGTON, D.C. 20004 THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 11 7:30-9:00 A.M.
REGISTRATION (Lobby)
9:00-10:30 A.M.
AMERICAN ETHNIC ENCLAVES APPLIED FOLKLORE MYTH AND LEGEND (Washington Room) (Sky Room) (Capital Room)
Chairman: JOHN O. WEST, University Chairman: PATRICK B. MULLEN, Ohio Chairman: EDWARD D. IVES, of Texas at El Paso State University University of Maine
1. Esoteric-Exoteric Folklore of 1. Applied Folklore, A Comparative 1. The Structural Analysis of Bradford County Pooles. BONITA View. BENJAMIN A. BOTIaN, Genesis as Myth: A Response FREEMAN EDE, University of Croton-on-Hudson, New York to Edmund Leach. JOSEPH ARPAD, Pennsylvania University of California, 2. Folklore and Black Dialect. Los Angeles 2. The Origin of the "Jackson DARNELL WILLIAMS, Ohio State Whites": Legend and History University 2. The Importance of Salt in the among the Racially Mixed Cosmology of the Rama Indians People of the Ramapo Mountains. 3. Folklore and Minority Group of Eastern Nicaragua. FRANKLIN DAVID STEVEN COHEN, Rutgers Education. PATRICK B. MULLEN, o. LOVELAND, Duke University University Ohio State University , 3. Science Fiction as Myth. DELL R. 3. Urban Black Folk Culture in SKEELS, University of Washington Late Nineteenth Century Cincin nati. ROBERT C. TOLL, Univer 4. The Gypsy Lane Explosion. MARIE sity of California, Berkeley A. CAMPBELL, Blue Ridge Summit, Pennsylvania 4. Recent Italian Folktales from the Niagara Falls Area. CATHERINE AINSWORTH, Niagara County Community College
10:30-11:00 A.M.
COFFEE BREAK THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 11 (cont.) 11:00 A.M.-12:30 P.M.
NORTH AMERICAN FOLK MUSIC AFRICAN FOLKLORE THE STUDY OF FOLKLORE (Washington Room) (Sky Room) (Capital Room)
Chairman: NEIL V. ROSENBERG, Memo Chairman: BERNTH LINDFORS, Uni Chairman: WILLIAM HUGH JANSEN, rial University of Newfoundland versity of Texas at Austin University of Kentucky
1. Black Fife and Drum Music in 1. The Relation between Oral and 1. Folk Music and Social Conscience: Mississippi. DAVID EVANS, Cali Written Literatures in Africa. The Musical Odyssey of Charles fornia State College, Fullerton KOFI AWOONOR, State University Seeger, 1912-1942. RICHARD REUSS, of New York at Stonybrook Wayne State University 2. C. A. Tindley and the Black Gos pel Tradition. WAYNE D. SHIRLEY, 2. Structuralism in Folklore and 2. The Study of Romanian Folklore. Library of Congress Mythology: An Approach to the JAN BRUNVAND, University of Utah . Study of African Vernacular 3. The Fiddling Traditions of Cape and Oral Literatures. SUNDAY 3. The Influence of British Folklore Breton and Texas: A study in ANOZIE, University of Texas Theories on the Editorial Policies Parallels and Contrasts. EARL V. at Austin of JAF 1888-1914. ESTHER K. BIRD SPIELMAN, University of Hawaii SAL~University of Maryland 3. The Tale Repertory of Southern 4. Fiddles and Friendship: The Ghana. DANIEL J. CROWLEY, Uni 4. Some Current Possibilities for Structuring of Traditional Dance versity of California, Davis Folklore Research in England. Performance in Northern New VEN~rIA NEWALL, The Folk-Lore York. ROBERT D. BETHKE, Univer 4. East African Oral Narrative: Society, London, England sity of Pennsylvania Progress Report of a Survey. LEE HARING, Brooklyn College 5. The Necessity of Scepticism. 5. The Problem of Validity in Com KATHARINE M. BRIGGS, Oxford, paring Ballad Tunes. JEROME 5. South African Bantu Folktales. England WENKER, Indiana University HAROLD SCHEUB, University of Wisconsin, Madison
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 11 (cont.) 2:30-4:00 P.M.
ETHICS, SECURITY, AND FOLKLORE AND THE EPIC FOODWAYS COPYRIGHT: PEOPLE, (Sky Room) (Capital Room) ARCHIVES, AND THE LAW (Washington Room) Chairman: BRUCE A. ROSENBERG, Chairman: JAY A. ANDERSON, Pennsylvania Pennsylvania State University State University Chairman: ELLEN J. STEKERT, Wayne State University 1. Roland and Cu~ter. BRUCE A. 1. Food of Slaves as Reflected in the ROSENBERG, Penns~lvania State WPA Slave Narrative Collection. CHARLES Panel: University W. JOYNER, St. Andrews Presbyterian BRUCE R. BUCKLEY, Coopers College town Graduate Programs, 2. Irish Heroic Sagas. SAMUEL P. State University College BAYARD, Pennsylvania State 2. Holiday Breads and Cookies of Southern at Oneonta, Cooperstown, University Germany and Switzerland. AGNES HOSTETTLER, New York Queens College EDWARD D. IVES, University 3. Serbocroatian Heroic Songs. ~ of Maine ALBERT B. LORD, Harvard Univer-3. Meatless Dishes among the Catholic German- ALAN JABBOUR, Library of sity Russians of Ellis and Rush Counties, Congress Kansas. MARJORIE SACKETT, Fort Hays GEORGE LIST, Indiana 4. Arthurian Romances. FRANCIS Kansas State College University LEE UTLEY, Ohio State Univer PHILIP MASON, Wayne State sity 4. The Organic Food Movement. DAVID HUFFORD, University Memorial University of Newfoundland D. K. WILGUS, University of California, Los 5. Food and Social Status in Tanzania. Angeles PETER SEITEL, Princeton University
4:30-6:00 P.M. AUDIO-VISUAL PRESENTATIONS (T~1n~h';Y'I""'+"""'" 'Q""",....."..,' FESTIVALS FOLKLORE AND LITERATURE PEOPLES OF EUROPE, ASIA, AND NORTHERN (Washington Room) (Sky Room) AFRICA (Capital Room) Chairman: HERBERT HALPERT, Mem Chairman: GERALDINE JOHNSON, orial University of Newfound University of Maryland Chairman: FELIX J. OINAS, Indiana land University 1. From Sumer to Babylon: The Con 1. Carnival in the Caribbean. struction of the Gilgamesh Epic. 1. The Role of the Devil in Supersti ROGER ABRAHAMS, University CHARLES GORDON ZUG III, Univer tion, Vice, and Social Injustice in of Texas at Austin sity of North Carolina at Chapel Reformation Germany. RIA STAMBAUGH, Hill University of North Carolina at 2. Afro-American Festivals. Chapel Hill MORTON MARKS, City Univer 2. Folklore and the Folk in Mrs. sity of New York, City Stowe's Fiction. MICHAEL OWEN 2. The Historical Reality and the College, and JOHN SZWED, JONES, University of California, Russian Supernaturals. FELIX J. University of Pennsylvania Los Angeles OINAS, Indiana University
3. Peruvian Festivals. ROBERT 3. William Dean Howells, Empirical 3. Pain and Suffering in Arabic Folk J. SMITH, University of Folklorist. GEORGE KUMMER, Case lore. SAMI A. HANNA, University of Kansas Western Reserve University Utah
4. Belsnickles in Nova Scotia. 4. The Function of Legend, Belief, 4. Stereotypes in Urban Egyptian Humor. RICHARD BAUMAN, University and Custom in Precious Bane. NADIA I. ATIF, University of Cali~· of Texas at Austin W. K. r-lcNEIL, Indiana Univer fornia, Berkeley sity 5. The Uniqueness of the Ballads of 5. Folklore Motifs in Contemporary the Outlaw Lore of Saurashtra, Indian Poetry. PRISCILLA SHAMES, India. V. GOPALAN, Indiana State California State College, Fuller University ton
10:30-11:00 A.M. COFFEE BREAK
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 12 (cont.) 11:00 A.M.-12:30 P.M.
~IGRANT FOLKLORE EPISTOMOLOGICAL AND METHODOLOGICAL AMERICAN INDIAN FOLKLORE (Washington Room) PRINCIPLES IN FOLKLORE STUDIES (Capital Room) (Sky Room) Chairman: LINDA D~GH, Indiana Chairman: DAN BEN-AMOS, University of Chairman: J. BARRE TOELKEN, University Pennsylvania University of Oregon
Panel: 1. The Role of Hypotheses in Folkloristics. 1. Hopi Adaptation of Western LARRY DANIELSON, University KENNETH L. KETNER, Texas Tech University Technology to Traditional of Illinois, Chicago Circle Mythology. CHERYL THURBER RICHARD M. DORSON, Indiana ~ . Models of Inquiry in Folkloristics. EVANS, University of University ROBERT A. GEORGES, University of Cali California, Riverside BARBARA KIRSCHENBLATT fornia, Los Angeles GIMBLETT, University of 2. The Shaker Church and the Texas at Austin -~. The Psychoanalytic Study of Folklore. Modern Indian Community. ROBERT B. KLYMASZ, National ALAN DUNDES, University bf California, D. ANITA BROWN, University Museum of Man, Ottawa, Berkeley of Washington Canada PHILIP V. R. TILNEY, Indiana 4. Epistomological Implications of Mali 3. Calumet Ceremonialism and University nowsky's Functional Analysis of Narra the Symbolism of the Vision SHOU-HUA YEARWOOD, Indiana tives. ELLI K~NG~S MARANDA, University Quest. JOHN WITTHOFT, Uni~ University of British Columbia versity of Pennsylvania FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 12 (cont.) 2:30-4:00 P.M.
AFRO-AMERICAN FOLKLORE FOLK NARRATIVE PEOPLES OF EASTERN ASIA AND (Washington Room) (Sky Room) THEIR AMERICAN DESCENDANTS (Capital Room) Chairman: GLADYS-MARLE FRYE, Chairman: DUNCAN EMRICH, American University of Maryland University Chairman: WILLIAM A. WILSON, Brigham Young University Panel: 1. The Story in Its Natural Setting. J. R. RAYFIELD, York University 1. Magico-Religious Origins of Games ( S;ERLING BROWN, Howard and Sports in Formosa. TING-JUI HO, ~uni versity 2. Tribulations with Thompson: A New Florida State University Tool for the Analysis of Narratives. JOHN LOVELL, Howard FRANK GOODWYN, University of Maryland 2. The Californians' Attitude toward University the Chinese in the 1800's. JAMES L. 3. An Early French Liars' Club: Philippe EVANS, Pan American College ORLANDO TAYLOR, Center d'Alcripe's La Nouvelle Fabrique (ca. for Applied Linguistics, 1579). GERALD THOMAS, Memorial Univer 3. Japanese-American Health Customs Washington, D.C. sity of Newfoundland and Their Transmission. WINIFRED DAHL, University of California, From Reality to Fantasy: Opening Berkeley and Closing Formulas in American Tall Tales. J. RUSSELL REAVER, Florida State University
Tall Tales and Tellers: Toward a New Methodology. RICHARD S. TALLMAN, Memorial University of Newfoundland
8:00 P.M. ETHNOGRAPHIC FILM (Washington Room)
"A Navaj 0 Weaver," by SUSIE BENNALLY; "Intrepid Shadows," by ALFRED CLAH Discussion: SOL WORTH, University of Pennsylvania "Mississippi Fife and Drum," by WILLIAM R. 'FERRIS, JR., Jackson State College, and DAVID EVANS, California State College, Fullerton (other films to be announced)
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 13 9:00-10:30 A.M.
FOLKLORE AND SOCIAL CONTEXT THE BALLAD PLACE-NAMES (Washington Room) (Sky Room) (Capital Room)
Chairman: KENNETH S. GOLDSTEIN, Chairman: HOLGER O. NYGARD, Duke Chairman: ROBERT M. RENNICK, University of Pennsylvania University University of Kentucky
1. Student Excuse Stories. JOANNE KRAUSS, 1. A New Look at the Question of Panel: Austin, Texas Ballad Origins. JULIE MACKEY, Moore College of Art RONALD BAKER, Indiana State 2. A Social Analysis of Latrinalia. University TERRANCE L. STOCKER, Southern Illinois 2. Ballad Makers, Ballad Singers, University and Oral-Formulaic Composition: WAYLAND D. HAND, University A Query. ELEANOR LONG, Univer of California, Los Angeles 3. Scottish Gaelic, English and French: sity of Santa Clara Aspects of Macaronic Traditions of the W. F. H. NICOLAISEN, State West Coast of Newfoundland. MARGARET ~ A Definition of Native American University of New York at KNIGHT, Memorial University of New Balladry. TRISTRAM P. COFFIN, Binghamton foundland University of Pennsylvania W. EDSON RICHMOND, Indiana 4. The Traditional Role of Women in a University NeWfoundland Outport: More Than Fifty Percent. HILDA MURRAY, Memorial Uni FRANCIS LEE UTLEY, Ohio State versity of Newfoundland University
10:30-11:00 A.M.
COFFEE BREAK SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 13 (cont.) 11:00 A.M.-12:30 P.M.
THE ACADEMIC FUTURE OF FOLKLORE (Washington Room)
Chairman: RICHARD M. DORSON, Indiana University
Panel: RONALD L. BAKER, Indiana State University ROBERT H. BYINGTON, Point Park College GEORGE G. CAREY, University of Massachusetts at Amherst ROBERT A. GEORGES, University of California, Los Angeles THOMAS GREEN, University of Texas at Austin ELLEN J. STEKERT, Wayne State University ROBERT T. TESKE, University of Pennsylvania
12:45 P.M. FELLOWS' LUNCHEON (Press Room)
2:30 P.M. ANNUAL BUSINESS MEETING (Washington Room)
6:30 P.M. COCKTAIL PARTY (Ballroom)
8:00 P.M. BANQUET (Ballroom)
Address: Ireland in the World of Folklore. SEAN 0 SULLIVAN, Irish Folklore Commission
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 14 9:00-10:30 A.M.
BRITISH AND NORTH AMERICAN FOLKSONG FOLK ARTIFACTS (Washington Room) (Sky Room)
Chairman: JOSEPH C. HICKERSON, Library of Congress Chairman: BRUCE R. BUCKLEY, Cooperstown Graduate Pro grams, State University College at Oneonta, Coopers 1. The Evolution of "Lady Mary Ann." MARY ELLEN town, New York BROWN LEVlIS, Indiana State University 1. Westville: An Open-Air Folk Museum in Georgia. 2. The Psalms of the American Covenanters. BRUCE JOHN A. BURRISON, Georgia State University E. NICKERSON, Indiana University 2. Traditional Lobsterboat Building in Maine: Design 3. Love as a Factor in Irish Emigration Songs and Aspects. RICHARD LUNT, State University College of Ballads. ROBERT L. WRIGHT, Michigan State New York at Potsdam University 3. Culture Seen ~d Not Heard: The Uses of Pictorial 4. Early Sea Songs and Ballads of the Northwest and Plastic Materials in Folkloristic Analysis. Coast. BRUCE LE ROY, Washington State Histori RAYNA D. GREEN, University of Arkansas cal Society 4. The Implications of Structural Theory for Artifac tual Analysis. HENRY GLASSIE, Indiana University
5. Wrought Iron Crosses in the German-Russian Cemeteries near Hays, Kansas. SAMUEL J. SACKETT, Fort Hays Kansas State College
10:30-11:00 A.M.
COFFEE BREAK SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 14 (cont.) 11:00 A.M.-12:30 P.M.
FOLK RELIGION PROBLEMS IN FOLKLORE CUSTOM AND BELIEF (Washington Room) (Sky Room) (Capital Room)
Chairman: DON YODER, University Chairman: GEORGE G. CAREY, University Chairman: LYDIA FISH, State Uni of Pennsylvania of Massachusetts at Amherst versity College of New York at Buffalo 1. Toward a Definition of Folk 1. The Predominance of the American Folk Religion. DON YODER, Univer Pattern of Trichotomy in an Introduc 1. Measuring: A Practice in Folk sity of Pennsylvania tory Educational Psychology Text. Medical Magic. WAYLAND D. HAND, E. OJO AREWA, Ohio State University University of California 2. The Function of the Vision in Greek-American Culture. GREGORY 2. The Use of System Design in Folklore 2. Powwowing and Witchcraft in South GIZELIS, University of Data Collection. D. ANITA BROWN, Uni Central Pennsylvania. YVONNE Pennsylvania versity of Washington MILSPAW, West Virginia University
3. Continuity and Change in the 3. Folklore and Ethology. FRANCIS E. 3. The Garden Party: An Annual Italian-American Funeral. ABERNETHY, Stephen F. Austin State Newfoundland Community FestiVal. ELIZABETH MATHIAS, University University GEORGE J. CASEY, Memorial Univer of Pennsylvania sity of Newfoundland 4. The Folk Festival Movement in the 4. The Impact of Lithography on Folk U.S., 1934-1971. SARAH GERTRUDE 4. The Belief in Reanimation, Trans Carving. YVONNE LANGE, Smithson KNOTT, National Folk Festival migration, Reincarnation or Re ian Institution birth, and Possession in West Virginia. RUTH ANN MUSICK, 5. John A. Granade: The Wild Man Fairmont State College of Goose Creek. RICHARD HULAN, Smithsonian Institution
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