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Chinese Folklore Studies Today Discourse and Practice

Chinese folklorists are well acquainted with the work of their English-language colleagues, but until recently the same could not be said about American scholars' knowledge of Chinese folkloristics.
Zhang, Lijun., You, Ziying.
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Publications of the Texas Folklore Society, Number 44

, 1982
Collection of popular folklore of Texas, including information about crafts, stories about vampires, stories about peyote ceremonies, prison folklore, folk songs, and other miscellaneous folk ...
Texas Folklore Society, Abernethy, Francis Edward   +1 more
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1925 Annual Meeting Report of the American Folklore Society [PDF]

, 1925
Originally published in the Journal of American Folklore, volume 39, issue 152, pages 208 ...
American Folklore Society
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The Role of Mavka in the Articulation of Identity Under Conditions of War in Ukraine

Nations and Nationalism, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article aims to examine Mavka, a mythological forest spirit that has become a dynamic figure of resistance against occupation in the Russian‐Ukrainian war. Drawing on textual and visual materials from the Zla Mavka Telegram channel, the analysis conceptualizes Mavka as a symbolic framework that integrates three different identities ...
Miriam Billig, Nadia Iermakov
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Sensory Experience and Religious Perception: Accounts of Faith in Visually Impaired People

Journal of Folklore and Popular Culture
This paper examines the relationship between blindness and belief in divine intervention among visually impaired individuals. Drawing on mythological, folkloric, and biblical contexts, it explores how sensory experiences, apart from sight, influence ...
Mariya Slavcheva
doaj   +1 more source

Publications of the Texas Folklore Society

, 1994
Book describing the Texas Folklore Society "includes the publishing history of the TFS books, anecdotes about the gatherings of the Society [...] and the emphasis on singing beginning at Society gatherings" (inside the front cover).
Abernethy, Francis Edward
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Living in the Mycelial World

Topics in Cognitive Science, EarlyView.
Abstract This manuscript documents a systematic ethnomycological analysis of ethnographic archives. Focusing on texts describing human–fungi interactions, I conduct a global, cross‐cultural review of mushroom use, covering 193 societies worldwide. The study reveals diverse mushroom‐related cultural practices, emphasizing the significance of fungi ...
Roope O. Kaaronen
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Publications of the Texas Folklore Society

, 2000
Book containing information about the publishing history of the Texas Folklore Society, as well as anecdotes about the gatherings of the Society, information about past presidents of the Society, and Society by-laws.
Abernethy, Francis Edward
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1893 Annual Meeting Report of the American Folklore Society [PDF]

, 1893
Originally published in the Journal of American Folklore, volume 6, number 23, pages 291 ...
American Folklore Society
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User Perceptions of Endearment Love and Regional Identity in Northern England

World Englishes, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article explores the contemporary pragmatic scope of the endearment love and its indexical links with British regional identities as perceived by English language users in the United Kingdom. Popular metapragmatic stereotypes often associate the term with specific ‘northern’ English, working‐class and White socio‐ethnic identities ...
Nicole Baumgarten
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