American Folklore Society Keeping Folklorists Connected The Continuity and Creativity of Culture 2012 Annual Meeting Program and Abstracts Hotel Monteleone New Orleans, Louisiana October 24-27, 2012 Copyright © 2012 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 Ave. Columbus, OH 43201-2602 USA TABLE of CONTENTS Acknowledgements ............................................................................................................................................................... iv General Information .............................................................................................................................................................. xv Program Summary .............................................................................................................................................................xviii Program Schedule ..................................................................................................................................................................1 Wednesday ................................................................................... 1 Thursday ....................................................................................... 3 Friday .......................................................................................... 17 Saturday...................................................................................... 29 Abstracts: Plenary Addresses...............................................................................................................................................39 Abstracts: Section-Sponsored Presentations .......................................................................................................................40 Abstracts: Professional Development Workshops ................................................................................................................41 Abstracts: Pre-Organized Sessions......................................................................................................................................43 Abstracts: Individual Presentations ......................................................................................................................................58 Index of Presenters ............................................................................................................................................................123 Index of Events ...................................................................................................................................................................128 Exhibitors ............................................................................................................................................................................131 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The following donors have provided generous support for the American Folklore Society’s 2012 activities: American Folklore Society Executive Board American Folklore Society Enowment Fund and Sustainers’ Fund Donors Asian Cultural Council Center for Folklore Studies, The Ohio State University The Ford Foundation The Henry Luce Foundation Mershon Center for International Security Studies, The Ohio State University National Endowment for the Arts National Endowment for the Humanities Susan Eleuterio Donor Advised Fund at Crossroads Fund in Chicago Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress The following donors have provided generous support for the American Folklore Society’s 2012 Annual Meeting: Tulane University Fellows of the American Folklore Society Local Learning: The National Network for Folk Arts in Education American Folklore Society Sections: Archives and Libraries; Chicana/o Folklore; Children’s Folklore; Eastern Asia Folklore; Folk Belief and Religious Folklife; Folk Narrative; Folklore and Creative Writing; Folklore and Education; Folklore and Literature; Folklore Latino/a, Latinoamericano, y Caribeño; Independent Folklorists; LGBTQA; Medieval Folklore; Mediterranean Studies; Music and Song; NewFolk@ AFS; Nordic-Baltic Folklore; Politics, Folklore, and Social Justice; Public Programs; and Storytelling American Folklife Center American Routes China Folklore Society Folklore Society of Japan INAH: Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia PACT: Preserving America’s Cultural Traditions iv Acknowledgements PUBLICATIONS and EDITORS Journal of American Folklore Editors Thomas A. DuBois and James P. Leary, University of Wisconsin Associate Editors Christine Garlough, Janet C. 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 and Jonathan Roper, University of Tartu Timothy R. Tangherlini, University of California, Los Angeles Review Editors Book: Gregory Hansen, Arkansas State University Exhibit: Lisa L. 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 Ethnographic Thesaurus Editorial Committee Catherine H. Kerst and Margaret Kruesi, American Folklife Center AFSnet.org Lorraine Walsh Cashman, American Folklore Society 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 Garret Montanez, Indiana University Libraries Jason Baird Jackson, Indiana University Timothy Lloyd, American Folklore Society Children’s Folklore Review Elizabeth Tucker, Binghampton University v Acknowledgements Digest Michael Lange, Champlain College Diane I. Tye, Memorial University of Newfoundland The Folklore Historian Jill Terry Rudy, Brigham Young University Jewish Cultural Studies Simon J. Bronner, Pennsylvania State University, Harrisburg New Directions in Folklore Trevor Blank, State University of New York, Potsdam Public Programs Bulletin Timothy H. Evans, Western Kentucky University STANDING COMMITTEES Cultural Diversity Committee Marilyn M. White, chair Selina Morales Amy E. Skillman Jerrilyn McGregory Diana N’Diaye William Westerman Membership Committee Margaret R. Yocom, chair Lisa Gabbert Patricia Sawin Ray Cashman Ruth Olson Daniel Wojcik Timothy H. Evans Nominating Committee Stephen D. Winick, chair Leonard Norman Primiano Sally Van de Water Christina Barr AD HOC COMMITTEES Development Committee Diane E. Goldstein, chair Wolfgang Mieder Patricia A. Turner C. Kurt Dewhurst Maida Owens Rosemary Lévy Zumwalt Bill Ivey 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 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 Media and Public Information Committee Elliott Oring, chair Russell Frank Tom Mould Michael R. Evans Publications Committee Judith McCulloh, chair Ann Hoog John Laudun Erika Brady Andy Kolovos Moira Marsh vi Acknowledgements REPRESENTATIVES, DELEGATES, and LIAISONS American Council of Learned Societies Lee Haring, delegate American Folklore Society Archives Randy Williams, liaison Association of Writers and Writing Programs Margaret R. Yocom, liaison Modern Language Association Camilla Mortensen, liaison National Humanities Alliance Timothy Lloyd, representative National Recordings Preservation Board Burt Feintuch, representative Oral History Association Elaine Eff, liaison UNESCO Stephen Hatcher, representative Timothy Lloyd, representative World Intellectual Property Organization Stephen Hatcher, representative PRIZE COMMITTEES AFS Lifetime Scholarly Achievement Award Ray Cashman Sharon R. Sherman Américo Paredes Prize Daniel Sheehy, chair Benjamin A. Botkin Prize Nancy Groce, chair Peggy A. Bulger Carol Edison Amy E. Skillman Zora Neale Hurston Prize Marilyn M. White, chair vii Acknowledgements PAST PRIZE RECIPIENTS 1989 Centennial Award for Lifetime Scholarly Achievement Roger D. Abrahams Linda Dégh 1989 Centennial Award for Lifetime Public Service Archie Green Bess Lomax Hawes Lifetime Scholarly Achievement Award William F. Nicolaisen (2002) Don Yoder (2006) Henry Glassie (2010) Linda Dégh (2004) Richard Bauman (2008) Michael Owen Jones (2010) Kenneth Goldstein Award for Lifetime Academic Leadership Edward D. Ives (2003) Elaine J. Lawless (2007) Barre Toelken (2011) Roger D. Abrahams (2005) Daniel W. Patterson (2009) Benjamin A. Botkin Prize for outstanding achievement in public folklore Bess Lomax Hawes (1994) Bob Fulcher (2000) Elaine Thatcher (2006) Archie Green (1995) Hal Cannon (2001) Steve Zeitlin (2007) Jane Beck