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The North Carolina Folklore Journal has a
long history of
publishing studies of North Carolina folklore and folklife,
analyses of folklore in Southern literature, and articles whose rigorous
methodology or innovative approach contribute to statewide and local folklife study.
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As a publication of the North Carolina Folklore Society, the Journal is committed to the
cataloging of studies of folklore, and to providing a medium of expression
and information for the voice of folk artists and folklorists in North Carolina.
While you
are here, take a look at the current issue or meet
the past editors.
Also feel free to submit
an article idea or view the Journal index.
In
Issue 56.2 – E.T.
Malone Jr.’s Prevaricating with All the
Masters of Antiquity; Brown-Hudson and Community Tradition Awards; A
History of Bluegrass Guitar in Western North Carolina; Women
Serpent-Handlers in Contemporary Appalachia. Full
Text Available Here.
In
issue 56.1 – Archie
Green’s work in North Carolina; The ballad collecting of I.G. Greer; A
North Carolina murder ballad; Edith Walker’s ballad collection; Two
books on Orville Hicks; A compact disc on Mrs. Hyatt’s Oprahouse; A video on Mountain speech. Full
Text Available Here.
In
issue 55.2 – Karen Baldwin Tribute Issue.
Brown-Hudson and Community Tradition Awards; David Cecelski’s
Playing Croquet Until Dark: Voices of Portsmouth
Islanders; Ballad digitization at Appalachian State University.
Full Text Available Here.
In
issue 55.1 – Special UNC Folklore Curriculum
Issue. The Vernacular Modernism of Felipe Jesus Consalvos;
Cultural Life in a Folk Coffee House; Festival and Ritual in Professional
Football; the Marketing of Antique Heritage.
In
issue 54.2 –
NCFS Awards; The Asheville Drum Circle; Exploring the fiddle tune Sally
Ann; Review of Kim Sloan’s A New World: England’s First View of
America.
In issue 54.1 – News
from the NCFS; The Folklore of Food at the Lake Eden Arts Festival; Ramps;
The History and Evolution of the Shag; The Semiotics of Home and Town
Spaces in Princeville; Mule Traditions in Benson; Reviews.
In issue 53.2 – NCFS
Awards; La Virgen de Guadalupe in North Carolina;
Memories of Turpentine; Bluegrass pioneer J.C. Kemp; Folklorist’s Digital
Toolkit; Reviews.
In issue 53.1 - The
photography of David Holt, with an appreciation of his work; The culture of
ramps and ramp festivals; The drink-house world of Captain Luke; Book and
CD reviews
In issue 52.2 - "Coming Together
at the North Carolina
Table"
To hear Foy
Allen Edelman's interviews with North Carolinians dicussing
some of their favorite recipes and stories, click the title:
"Roast
Bear" - Jennie and Jim Vance - Avery County
"Yancey
County Reunion" - Mr. Levi & Miss Hattie
"Chocolate
Cake" - Margaret King - Moore County
"Chest
Pie" - Nolie & Bettie Zimmerman -
Rowan County
"Shrimp
Stew" - Wilbur King - Lenoir County
"Collards"
- Barbara Roberson - Beaufort County
"Qualla Boundary Stack Pie" - Lula Owl, Laura
& Cory Blankenship
"'Franco-American' Shrimp Stew" - Becky & Alton
Paul - Carteret County
"Heritage
Apples" Tom Brown - Forsyth County
"Souse
Meat" - Inez Blackwell - Caswell County
Also in 52.2 - "Grandma Mabel's
Days"
To see the
whole journal of Mabel McMasters Bowden and other
materials related to the Dark family, go to: www.talesfrommydarkside.com.
In issue 52.1 - "Portsmouth Homecoming"
View Jan
Eason's documentary slide show (25 MB Real Media
- requires RealPlayer) or (text).
Last Updated 15-May-2009
All contents copyright © 2009, North Carolina Folklore Society
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