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Folklore studies (also known as folkloristics, tradition studies or folk life studies in the UK) [1] is the branch of anthropology devoted to the study of folklore. This term, along with its synonyms, [ note 1 ] gained currency in the 1950s to distinguish the academic study of traditional culture from the folklore artifacts themselves.
Fabula (from lat. fabula: "story, fable") is a multilingual academic journal on comparative folklore studies with a focus on European narratives (such as fairy tales, sagas, and fables). It publishes essays, reviews, and conference reports in German, English, and French. Its subtitle is: Zeitschrift für Erzählforschung. Journal of Folktale ...
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 ...
The journal was established in 1942 as the Hoosier Folklore Bulletin and continued in 1945 as Hoosier Folklore. [2] It was renamed in 1951 as Midwest Folklore (ISSN 0544-0750) [3] [4] and continued from 1964 to 1983 under Richard Dorson as the Journal of the Folklore Institute (ISSN 0015-5934), obtaining its current name in 1984. [5]
The society publishes, in partnership with Taylor and Francis, the journal Folklore in four issues per year, and, since 1986, a newsletter, FLS News. [10]The journal began as The Folk-Lore Record in 1878, continued or was restarted as The Folk-Lore Journal, and from 1890 its issues were compiled as volumes with the long title Folk-Lore: A Quarterly Review of Myth, Tradition, Institution, & Custom.
Beyond its area studies context, her work has aimed to enrich the conceptual toolkit of folklore studies (folkloristics) and ethnology. General problems upon which she has focused attention include the status of "provincial" communities in national and global contexts, heritage policies and politics, problems of innovation and creativity, and ...
Folklore and Fakelore: Essays toward a Discipline of Folk Studies. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. ISBN 0-674-30715-1. Keene, Ann T. "Dorson, Richard Mercer" Americab National Biography online 2010; Mechling, Jay. "Richard M. Dorson and the Emergence of the New Class in American Folk Studies." Journal of Folklore Research (1989): 11 ...
Radner began her research career in Celtic Studies, but later published in Irish history and literature, folklore and feminist theory. She was based at American University in Washington, DC where she taught courses in literature, American Studies, folklore, and storytelling.