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The Journal of American Folklore is a peer-reviewed academic journal published by the American Folklore Society. The journal has been published since the society's founding in 1888. [1] Since 2003, this has been published at the University of Illinois Press. It publishes on a quarterly schedule and incorporates scholarly articles, essays, and ...
Newell founded the American Folklore Society in 1888 where he edited the Journal of American Folklore. [3] His best known work is Games and Songs of American Children (1883, Mineola, N. Y.). The songs included tunes with the lyrics, and this book is the first collection of the folk music of American children.
The American Folklore Society (AFS) is the United States (US)-based professional association for folklorists, with members from the US, Canada, and around the world, which aims to encourage research, aid in disseminating that research, promote the responsible application of that research, publish various forms of publications, advocate for the continued study and teaching of folklore, etc. [1 ...
He was named Folklore Fellow by the American Folklore Society in 1974 [7] and was elected president of the organization in 1985. [7] From 1977 to 1980, Brunvand served as editor of the Journal of American Folklore, [7] [14] with the goal of making the journal more readable and useful to its major audience, American folklorists. [7]
In an obituary in the Journal of American Folklore Abrahams was described as having "the most fertile mind of the grand generation of American folklorists". He was also hailed as a "pioneer of the performance approach [to folklore studies], also contributing to our understanding of folk song, narrative and speech play, proverb and riddle, folk ...
Title from cover Imprint varies Official organ of the American Folk-lore Society Humanities index America, history and life Historical abstracts Issues for Jan./Mar. 1984-Oct./Dec. 1984 carry whole numbering and lack vol./internal numbering
Bascom served as president of the American Folklore Society between 1953 and 1954. [5] His two Presidential Addresses were titled "Four Functions of Folklore" [ 6 ] and "Verbal Art". [ 7 ] His book Ifa Divination: Communication Between Gods and Men in West Africa was awarded the Pitrè Prize .
The Journal of American Folklore. 112 (444): 119–139. doi:10.2307/541945. ISSN 0021-8715. Roberts, John W. (2001), “Tricksters, Martyrs, Black Firsts: Representations of the Hero in African American Folk Art,” in Souls Grown Deep: African American Vernacular Art of the South, Volume II. Edited by Paul Arnett and William Arnett, Atlanta ...