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Peace, War, Folklore 2011 Annual Meeting Program and Abstracts Peace, War, Folklore 2011 Annual Meeting Program and Abstracts Biddle Hotel and Conference Center, Indiana Memorial Union Indiana University Bloomington, Indiana The following donors have provided generous support for the American Folklore Society’s 2011 activities: American Folklore Society Executive Board American Folklore Society Endowment Fund and Sustainers’ Fund Donors Center for Folklore Studies, The Ohio State University The Henry Luce Foundation Mershon Center for International Security Studies, The Ohio State University National Endowment for the Arts National Endowment for the Humanities The Teagle Foundation Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress The following donors have provided generous support for the American Folklore Society’s 2011 Annual Meeting: Indiana University Fellows of the American Folklore Society Local Learning: The National Network for Folk Arts in Education American Folklore Society Sections: Archives and Libraries; Chicano and Chicana Folklore; Children’s Folklore; Dance and Movement Analysis; Eastern Asia Folklore; Folk Belief and Religious Folklife; Folk Narrative; Folklore and Creative Writing; Folklore and Education; Independent Folklorists; Medieval Folklore; Mediterranean Studies; Music and Song; Nordic-Baltic Folklore; Politics, Folklore, and Social Justice; Public Programs; and Storytelling American Folklife Center Association of African and African American Folklorists China Folklore Society City Lore, Inc. Folklore Society of Japan Hoosier Folklore Society INAH: Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia PACT: Preserving America’s Cultural Traditions Society for Ethnomusicology Copyright © 2011 The 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 Avenue Columbus, OH 43201-2602 USA TABLE of CONTENTS Publications, Committees, and Prize Recipients....................................................iv Section and Discussion Group Conveners.............................................................ix Donors and Life Members.......................................................................................x Fellows...................................................................................................................xii General Information...............................................................................................xiii Program Summary..............................................................................................xviii Program at a Glance...........................................................................................xxiv Program Schedule...................................................................................................1 Wednesday...................................................................................1 Thursday......................................................................................3 Friday..........................................................................................17 Saturday..................................................................................... 27 Abstracts: Plenary Addresses...............................................................................37 Abstracts: Special Presentations...........................................................................38 Abstracts: Professional Development Workshops.................................................41 Abstracts: Pre-Organized Sessions......................................................................43 Abstracts: Individual Presentations.......................................................................55 Index of Presenters..............................................................................................109 Exhibitors..............................................................................................................114 PUBLICATIONS, COMMITTEES, and PRIZE RECIPIENTS PUBLICATIONS and EDITORS Journal of American Folklore Editors Thomas A. DuBois and James P. Leary, University of Wisconsin Associate Editors Christine Garlough, Janet Gilmore, John D. Niles, and Ruth Olson, University of Wisconsin; Richard March (retired) and Anne Pryor, Wisconsin Arts Board Editorial Assistants Jillian Jacklin and Hilary Virtanen, University of Wisconsin Editorial Board Robert Baron, New York State Council on the Arts Olivia Cadaval, Smithsonian Institution Metin Ekici, Ege University Pauline Greenhill, University of Winnipeg Elissa R. Henken, University of Georgia Frank Korom, Boston University Kristin Kuutma, University of Tartu Jonathan Roper, University of Tartu Timothy R. Tangherlini, University of California, Los Angeles Review Editors Book: Carolyn Ware, Louisiana State University, and Gregory Hansen, Arkansas State University Exhibit: Lisa Higgins, Missouri Folk Arts Program Film and Video: Guha Shankar, American Folklife Center Sound Recording: Willie Smyth, Washington State Arts Commission Website: Nicole Saylor, University of Iowa Library AFS Review Editor John Laudun, University of Louisiana, Lafayette Editorial Board Susan Eleuterio, Company of Folk Jason Baird Jackson, Indiana University Debora Kodish, Philadelphia Folklore Project Dorothy Noyes, The Ohio State University Guha Shankar, American Folklife Center Rory Turner, Goucher College Open Folklore Steering Committee Julianne Bobay, Jennifer Laherty, Moira Marsh, Sherri Michaels, and and Garret Montanez, Indiana University-Bloomington Libraries Jason Baird Jackson, Indiana University Timothy Lloyd, American Folklore Society AFS Ethnographic Thesaurus Editorial Committee Catherine H. Kerst, American Folklife Center Margaret Kruesi, American Folklife Center Michael Taft, American Folklife Center iv Publications, Committees, and Prize Recipients Children’s Folklore Review Elizabeth Tucker, State University of New York, Binghamton Digest Eve Jochnowitz, New York University The Folklore Historian Jill Terry Rudy, Brigham Young University Jewish Cultural Studies Simon J. Bronner, Pennsylvania State University New Directions in Folklore Trevor Blank, Pennsylvania State University Public Programs Bulletin Timothy H. Evans, Western Kentucky University STANDING COMMITTEES Cultural Diversity Committee Marilyn M. White, chair Norma E. Cantú Solimar Otero Katherine Borland Debora Kodish Guillermo de los Reyes Olivia Cadaval Enrique Lamadrid Jan Rosenberg Xochitl Chavez Rebecca Morse Cynthia L. Vidaurri Membership Committee Margaret Yocom, chair Lisa Gabbert Patricia Sawin Ray Cashman Ruth Olson Daniel Wojcik Timothy H. Evans Nominating Committee Suzanne K. Seriff, chair Amy E. Skillman Stephen Winick Christina Barr Publications Committee Judith McCulloh, chair Ann Hoog John Laudun Erika Brady Andy Kolovos Moira Marsh AD HOC COMMITTEES Communications in Folklore Working Group Jason Baird Jackson, coordinator C. Kurt Dewhurst John Laudun Harris M. Berger John Miles Foley Amber Ridington Giovanna P. Del Negro Barbara Kirshenblatt- Dorothy Noyes Gimblett Steve Zeitlin Folklore and Historic Preservation Policy Working Group Laurie Sommers and Jill Breit John M. Vlach Michael Ann Williams, Thomas Carter Steve Zeitlin coordinators Nancy Solomon International Issues Committee Lee Haring, chair JoAnn Conrad Dorothy Noyes Maria Teresa Agozzino Merrill Kaplan Timothy Tangherlini Mark Bender Peter Jan Margry Tok F. Thompson Media and Public Information Committee Elliott Oring, chair Russell Frank Tom Mould Michael R. Evans v Publications, Committees, and Prize Recipients REPRESENTATIVES, DELEGATES, and LIAISONS American Council of Learned Societies Delegate Lee Haring National Humanities Alliance Representative Timothy Lloyd National Recordings Preservation Board Representative Burt Feintuch UNESCO Representative Timothy Lloyd World Intellectual Property Organization Representatives Stephen Hatcher Sandy Rikoon American Folklore Society Archival Liaison Randy Williams American Folklore Society Liaisons Elaine Eff, Oral History Association Camilla Mortensen, Modern Language Association Margaret Yocom, Association of Writers and Writing Programs PRIZE COMMITTEES AFS Kenneth Goldstein Award for Lifetime Academic Leadership Amy Shuman Patricia A. Turner Benjamin A. Botkin Prize Timothy H. Evans, chair Carol Edison Nancy Groce William Westerman Zora Neale Hurston Prize Marilyn M. White, chair Américo Paredes Prize Daniel Sheehy, chair vi Publications, Committees, and Prize Recipients PAST PRIZE RECIPIENTS AFS 1989 Centennial Awardees for Lifetime Scholarly Achievement Roger D. Abrahams Linda Dégh AFS 1989 Centennial Awardees for Lifetime Public Service Archie Green Bess Lomax Hawes AFS Lifetime Scholarly Achievement Award Recipients Wilhelm F. Nicolaisen (2002) Richard Bauman (2008) Linda Dégh (2004) Henry Glassie (2010) Don Yoder (2006) Michael Owen Jones (2010) AFS Kenneth Goldstein Award for Lifetime Academic Leadership Edward D. Ives (2003) Elaine J. Lawless (2007) Roger D. Abrahams (2005) Daniel W. Patterson (2009) Benjamin A. Botkin Prize Recipients for outstanding achievement in public folklore Bess Lomax Hawes (1994) Nicholas R. Spitzer (2002) Archie Green (1995) Alan A. Jabbour (2003) Jane Beck (1996) Jens Lund (2004) Daniel Sheehy (1997) James P. Leary (2005) Joe Wilson (1997) Elaine Thatcher (2006) James S. Griffi th (1998) Steve Zeitlin (2007) Richard Kurin (1999) Yvonne R. Lockwood (2008) Bob Fulcher (2000)
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