American Folklore Society 1986 Annual Meeting Program and Abstracts " ii Baltimore/October 22- 26, 1986 I Mt:;MORi);iL 1molf~k:::it ~~·1 ·'t O~ f~i6W,;UC, : ~ . :.;;;,.._ OB A tMBNT OP POLKLORti 1986 ANNUAL MEETING AMERICAN FOLKLORE SOCIETY Program Committee: Mary Hufford Leslie Prosterman Margaret Yocom THE ANTHROPOLOGICAL MUSE OFFICERS OF THE AMERICAN FOLKLORE SOCIETY "With this book anthropology is moving away from a positivist framework to a hermeneutic definition of science."-} lain Prattis, Editor President Rayna Green Past-President Jan H. Brunvand President-Elect Judith Mcculloh J Iain Prattis, Editor. Foreword by Dell Hymes. Contributions of poetry, art, and photography by JohnJ Cove, Stanley Diamond, Marcene Marcoux, M Executive Secretary- Charles Camp Estellie Smith, Edwin Wilmsen, Alan M Klein, George Park, Kenneth B Treasurer Liberman, Roy Wagner, William Bright, Robin Fox, J Iain Pra ttis, Bruce Executive Board Marta Weigle (1986) Grindal, Ivan Brady, Paul Friedrich, Dennis Tcdlock, Natha niel Ta rn, William A Wilson (1986) Regna Darnell , J anie Brady, Anthony Leeds, Robin Ridington, J ean De­ Meg Brady (1987) Bernardi, Wilson Duff, T oni Flores, Susan Scrimshaw, Deborah T annen, Jay Anderson (1987) Robert G Williamson, Cecil Helman, Douglas Uzzell, Rosario Morales, Ben Jane Beck (1988) Fuller, Gene Anderson, David Price, Bruce A Cox, Gaisma Kadegis, Ines Yvonne Milspaw (1988) .1 Talamantez, Floyd Westerman, Duncan Pryde, Simon Brascoupe, Aqqaluk Lynge, Fra ncis Thompson, Tukak' Tea tret. Finale by J Iain Prattis. $16 (Members), $24 (all others) Please enclose payment, in US funds, with all orders. American Anthropological Association 1703 New Hampshire Av NW Washington, DC 20009 Anthropology and Hrttnanism Quarterly Journal of the Society for Humanistic Anthropology Special Issues American The Anthropologist as Word Shaman, Miles Ridrnrdso 11, Editor C ulture and Ethos, A1111 McE/roy, Editor Folklore Africa and Afro-America: Views from Women in the Field, Gelya Fm11k a11d Miles Ridrnrds0111 Editors (availablc June I, 1986) Society $7.50 American $5.00 (members) Anthropological Association Please enclose payment, 1703 New Hampshire Av NW 1986 Annual Meeting in US funds, with all orders. Washington, DC 20009 Available Again from the Society for Visual Anthropology HftNDBOOK for PROXEMIC RESEftRCH Program lat EDWftRD T. HOLL and Abstracts This handbook details Hall's methodology for proxemic research. It includes computer programs, illustrations about the placement of cameras and observers, • and an extensive bibliography. 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