The Folklore and Literature Section of the American Folklore Society
The Folklore and Literature Section of the American Folklore Society is dedicated to the advancement of the study of folklore and literature. Together with the Folklore and Literature discussion group of the Modern Language Association, the Folklore and Literature Section meets annually at the AFS annual meeting to plan forum discussion and paper presentation sessions. We promote each other in this field of scholarly work and encourage the participation of new members. Dues for membership in this section are $10 annually.
To encourage exploration of folklore and literature theory, the Folklore and Literature Section sponsors annual paper panel and forum sessions at the annual American Folklore Society meeting. At the section meeting and during these panel and forum sessions, we discuss developments in folklore and literature and further investigate the relationship between the two fields. Our meetings provide an opportunity for the discussion of our work as folklorists and literary scholars. We are continually working to build a community of American Folklore Society members actively engaged in folklore and literature method and theory. Our joint meeting with the AFS@MLA section works to that end and fosters the exchange of ideas and resources among scholars working in both fields.
For further information about meetings and members, please contact section convener Dr. Rachel Gholson.
Section Members
David A. Allred, Snow College/English Department, david.allred@snow.edu Christina Bacchilega, University of Hawaii-Manoa/Department of English, cbacchi@hawaii.edu Sarah Catlin-Dupuy, University of Missouri/English Department, sarahbarnhart@mchsi.com Sandra K. Dolby, Indiana University/Department of Folklore & Ethnomusicology, dolby@indiana.edu Christie Fox, Sam Houston State University/Department of English, clfox@shsu.edu Hugo Freund, Union College/Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, hfreund@unionky.edu Marcia Gaudet, University of Louisiana at Lafayette/English Department, folklore@louisiana.edu Rachel Gholson, Missouri State University/English Department, RGholson@MissouriState.edu Debbie A. Hanson, Augustana College/Department of English, Debbie_hanson@augie.edu Reinhold Hill, Ferris State University/Language and Literature Department, ReinholdHill@ferris.edu Shelley Ingram, University of Missouri/English Department, saifg4@mizzou.edu Bonnie Irwin, Eastern Illinois University/Department of English, bdirwin@eiu.edu R�gine Joseph, New York University, rjoseph@nyu.edu Jim Kirkland, East Carolina University/Department of English, kirklandj@mail.ecu.edu Keagan LeJeune, McNeese State University/English Department, elejeune@mail.mcneese.edu Cherry P. Levin, cherrylevin@tamu.edu Kathleen E. B. Manley, Indiana University/Folklore Department kebmanley@earthlink.net Jerrilyn McGregory, Florida State University, jmcgregory@english.fsu.edu Gloria Morrissey, Middle Tennessee State University/English Department, gjm2a@mtsu.edu Camilla Mortensen, Camilla@efn.org Donna Onebane, University of Louisiana at Lafayette/English Department, onebane@cox-internet.com Katie Lyn Peebles, Indiana University, kpeebles@indiana.edu Jill Peters, University at Buffalo: The State University of New York, jpeters4@buffalo.edu Cathy Preston, University of Colorado/Department of English, prestonc@colorado.edu Jeremy Reed, University of Missouri/English Department, jsrce1@mizzou.edu Danielle Roemer, Northern Kentucky University, roemer@nku.edu Mary Beth Stein, George Washington University/Department of German and Slavic, mbstein@gwu.edu Martha Swearingen, University of the District of Columbia, mswearingen@udc.eduMember News and Publications
David A. Allred, "Fiction, Folklore, and Reader Competency: The Politics of Literary Performance Arenas." Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Missouri-Columbia, 2004
Christina Bacchilega received a 2001 John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship for a project entitled "Narrative and the Politics of Landmarks in Hawaii."
Karen Beardslee, Literary Legacies, Folklore Foundations (University of Tennessee Press, 2001). Translating Tradition (Pearson Longman, forthcoming)
Sandra K. Dolby, Self-Help Books: Why Americans Keep Reading Them. (Champaign: University of Illinois Press, 2005)
Kathleen E. B. Manley, "The Woman in Process in Angela Carter's 'The Bloody Chamber'." In Angela Carter and the Fairy Tale, ed. Danielle M. Roemer and Cristina Bacchilega (Wayne State University Press, 2001)
Gloria Morrissey was awarded a 2005 Peck scholarship, given to outstanding English students
Cathy Preston, editor, Contemporary Legend: The Journal of the International Society for Contemporary Legend Research
Danielle Roemer and Cristina Bacchilega, co-editors, Angela Carter and the Fairy Tale (Wayne State University Press, 2001)
Section-Sponsored and Section-Member-Sponsored Sessions at the AFS 2005 Annual Meeting in Atlanta
African American Folklore in Fiction: A Talk by Tina McElroy Ansa
Chair: Sarah B. Catlin-Dupuy (University of Missouri)
Folklore, Service Learning, and Active Participant Research
Chair: Rachel Gholson
Elinor Levy (Northwest Jersey Folklife Project), Retooling Relationships: The Challenge of Folklore, Collaborative Work and Academic Research
Rachel Gholson (Missouri State University), Folklore, Service Learning, and the Documentary Process
Stephen E. Criswell (University of South Carolina, Lancaster), Discussant
Folklore and Literature: Creating Cultural Identity
Chair: Reinhold R. Hill
Rod Streng (Middle Tennessee State University), The Organic Marriage of Folklore and Literature In Washington Irving's Rip Van Winkle
Jacqueline M. Fulmer (University of California, Berkeley), Beloved and the Reclamation of Identity Through Folk Culture
Gloria J. Morrissey (Middle Tennessee State University), Folk Medicine: Defining Cuban Identity
Hugo Freund (Union College), Combating Stereotypes in Appalachia: Ballads and Traditional Narratives in the Southeastern Novels of Silas House
Reinhold R. Hill (Ferris State University), �They Still Live So Close to the Land, All of Them�: Class Conflict and Loss of Cultural Identity in Lee Smith's Ethnographic Fiction
An Afternoon With Jack Riggs, When the Finch Rises
Chair: Sarah B. Catlin-Dupuy (University of Missouri)
To join this American Folklore Society interest-group section, please visit the AFS membership page of this web site, where you will find both a secure online and a printable, mailable membership form. You need not be a member of the American Folklore Society to join its sections.