American Folklore Society Keeping Folklorists Connected Cultural Sustainability 2013 Annual Meeting Program and Abstracts American Folklore Society Officers for 2013 American Folklore Society Staff President Executive Director Diane E. Goldstein, Indiana University Timothy Lloyd President-Elect Associate Director Michael Ann Williams, Western Kentucky University Lorraine Walsh Cashman Executive Board Administrative Associate Brent Björkman, Western Kentucky University Rob Vanscoyoc Lisa Gabbert, Utah State University Maria Carmen Gambliel, independent, Boise, Idaho American Folklore Society Executive Offices David Todd Lawrence, University of St. Thomas Sabina Magliocco, California State University, Northridge Mershon Center, The Ohio State University, Solimar Otero, Louisiana State University 1501 Neil Avenue, Columbus OH 43201-2602 USA Leonard Norman Primiano, Cabrini College Pravina Shukla, Indiana University 614/292-3375 Carolyn Ware, Louisiana State University 614/292-2199 Juwen Zhang, Willamette University 614/292-4715 Timothy Lloyd, American Folklore Society, ex officio 614/292-2199 fax 2013 Annual Meeting Committee [email protected] [email protected] Coordinators [email protected] Dillon Bustin, Madison Park Development Corporation Maggie Holtzberg, Massachusetts Cultural Council www.afsnet.org Andy Kolovos, Vermont Folklife Center Winifred Lambrecht, Rhode Island School of Design Gregory L. Sharrow, Vermont Folklife Center Committee Members Michael E. Bell, Rhode Island Historical Preservation and Heritage Commission, retired Michael J. Bell, Suffolk University Carol Dickson, Sterling College Michael A. Lange, Champlain College Pauleena MacDougall, Maine Folklife Center Kathleen Mundell, Cultural Resources, Inc. Bonnie Blair O’Connor, Hasbro Children’s Hospital and Brown University Laura Orleans, Working Waterfront Festival Jessica Payne, Jessica Payne Consulting Jo Radner, American University, retired Jeff Todd Titon, Brown University Stephen Wehmeyer, Champlain College Lynne Williamson, Institute for Community Research Margaret R. Yocom, George Mason University, emerita American Folklore Society Keeping Folklorists Connected Cultural Sustainability 2013 Annual Meeting Program and Abstracts Omni Providence Hotel Providence, Rhode Island October 16–19, 2013 Copyright 2013 The American Folklore Society All rights reserved. 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Published by the American Folklore Society The Ohio State University Mershon Center 1501 Neil Ave. Columbus, OH 43201-2602 USA Printed by the University of Illinois Press TABLE of CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGMENTS . iii GENERAL INFORMATION . xv PROGRAM SUMMARY . xix PROGRAM SCHEDULE . 1 WEDNESDAY . 1 THURSDAY . 7 FRIDAY. .19 SATURDAY . .27 ABSTRACTS . .37 PLENARY ADDRESSES . .37 SECTION-SPONSORED LECTURES . .39 SPECIAL EVENTS. .41 PREORGANIZED SESSIONS . .45 INDIVIDUAL PRESENTATIONS. .61 INDICES . 127 PRESENTERS . 127 EVENTS . 133 KEY WORDS. .137 EXHIBITORS . .141 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS PARTNERS The following partners have provided generous support for the Society’s 2013 activities: American Folklore Society Endowment Fund and Sustainers’ Fund Donors Center for Folklore Studies, The Ohio State University Crossroads Fund 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 Humanities National Endowment for the Arts Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress The following partners have provided generous support for the 2013 annual meeting: AFS Sections: Folk Belief and Religious Folklife; Folklore and Education; Foodways; Mediterranean Studies; Music and Song; Public Programs; Space, Place, and Landscapes AS220 The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Fellows of the American Folklore Society Folklore Studies in a Multicultural World Series Presses: University of Illinois Press, University of Wisconsin Press, and University Press of Mississippi The John Nicholas Brown Center for Public Humanities and Cultural Heritage at Brown University Local Learning: The National Network for Folk Arts in Education PACT: Preserving America’s Cultural Traditions Rhode Island Latino Arts The Rhode Island School of Design Museum University Reception Hosts: Indiana University, Memorial University of Newfoundland, The Ohio State University, University of Missouri Wayne State University Press iii ACKNOWLEDGMENTS PUBLICATIONS and EDITORS Journal of American Folklore Editors: Thomas A. DuBois and James P. Leary, University of Wisconsin, Madison Associate Editors: Christine Garlough, Janet Gilmore, John D. Niles, and Ruth Olson, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Richard March (retired) and Anne Pryor, Wisconsin Arts Board Editorial Assistant: Anna C. Rue, University of Wisconsin, Madison 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 and Jonathan Roper, University of Tartu; Timothy R. Tangherlini, University of California, Los Angeles Book Review Editor: Gregory Hansen, Arkansas State University Exhibit Review Editor: Lisa Higgins, Missouri Folk Arts Program Film and Video Review Editor: Guha Shankar, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress Sound Recording Review Editor: Willie Smyth, Washington State Arts Commission Website Review Editor: Nicole Saylor, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress AFS Website Editor: Lorraine Walsh Cashman, American Folklore Society AFS Review Editor: Sally Van de Water, independent Editorial Board: Susan Eleuterio, independent; Jason Baird Jackson, Indiana University; Debora Kodish, Philadelphia Folklore Project; Dorothy Noyes, The Ohio State University; Guha Shankar, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress; Rory Turner, Goucher College Open Folklore Steering Committee: Julianne Bobay, Jennifer Laherty, Moira Marsh, Garret Montanez, and Matt Strandmark, Indiana University Bloomington Libraries; Jason Baird Jackson, Indiana University; Timothy Lloyd, American Folklore Society AFS Ethnographic Thesaurus Editorial Committee: Catherine H. Kerst and Margaret Kruesi, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress Children’s Folklore Review Editor: Elizabeth Tucker, Binghamton University iv ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Digest Editors: Michael Lange, Champlain College; Diane Tye, Memorial University of Newfoundland The Folklore Historian Editor: Jill Terry Rudy, Brigham Young University Jewish Cultural Studies Editor: Simon J. Bronner, Pennsylvania State University, Harrisburg New Directions in Folklore Editor: Trevor J. Blank, State University of New York, Potsdam Public Programs Bulletin Editor: Timothy H. Evans, Western Kentucky University STANDING COMMITTEES Cultural Diversity Committee Chair: Marilyn M. White, Kean University, retired Maribel Alvarez, University of Arizona; David Todd Lawrence, University of St. Thomas; Jerrilyn McGregory, Florida State University; Selina E. Morales, Philadelphia Folklore Project; Diana N’Diaye, Smithsonian Institution Membership Committee Chair: Margaret R. Yocom, George Mason University Ray Cashman, The Ohio State University; Timothy H. Evans, Western Kentucky University; Lisa Gabbert, Utah State University; Ruth Olson, University of Wisconsin; Patricia Sawin, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; Daniel Wojcik, University of Oregon Nominating Committee Chair: Christina Barr, Nevada Humanities Laura Marcus Green, independent; Leonard Norman Primiano, Cabrini College; Sally Van de Water, independent Publications Committee Chair: Jason Baird Jackson, Indiana University Robert Glenn Howard, University of Wisconsin, Madison; David Todd Lawrence, University of St. Thomas; Amber Ridington, independent; Debra Lattanzi Shutika, George Mason University; Stephen D. Winick, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress v ACKNOWLEDGMENTS AD HOC COMMITTEES Committee on International Issues Chair: Michael Dylan Foster, Indiana University Katherine Borland, The Ohio State University; David McDonald, Indiana University; Juwen Zhang, Willamette University Committee on Teaching Chairs: Sabina Magliocco, California State University, Northridge; Leonard Norman Primiano, Cabrini College Michael Chiarappa, Western Michigan University; Danille Elise Christensen, The Ohio State University; Sean Galvin, LaGuardia Community College; Jason Baird Jackson, Indiana University; Carl Lindahl, University of Houston; Jay Mechling, University of California, Davis, emeritus; Tom Mould, Elon University; Dorothy Noyes, The Ohio State University; Howard Sacks, Kenyon College Development Committee Chair: Diane E. Goldstein, Indiana University C. Kurt Dewhurst, Michigan State University; Bill Ivey, Vanderbilt University; Wolfgang Mieder, University of Vermont; Maida Owens, Louisiana Division of the Arts; Patricia A. Turner, University of California, Los Angeles; Rosemary Lévy Zumwalt, Agnes Scott College, emerita Folklore and Museums Policy and Practice Working Group Coordinator: C. Kurt Dewhurst, Michigan State University Marcia Bol, Museum of International Folk Art; Carrie Hertz, Niagara University; Suzanne Godby Ingalsbe and Jason Baird Jackson, Indiana University; Charlie Seemann, Western Folklife Center; Suzanne Seriff, University of Texas, Austin; Daniel Sheehy, Smithsonian Institution Media