New York State Folklife Reader: Diverse Voices
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New York State Folklife Reader: Diverse Voices
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Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781617038631 |
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| Publisher: | University Press of Mississippi |
| Publication date: | 09/03/2013 |
| Pages: | 282 |
| Product dimensions: | 6.00(w) x 9.10(h) x 1.10(d) |
About the Author
Elizabeth Tucker, Vestal, New York, is Distinguished Service Professor of English at Binghamton University and a fellow of the American Folklore Society. She is author of several books, including Haunted Halls: Ghostlore of American College Campuses, published by University Press of Mississippi.
Ellen McHale, Esperance, New York, is executive director of the New York Folklore Society and adjunct lecturer at Utica College. She is author of Stable Views: Stories and Voices from the Thoroughbred Racetrack, published by University Press of Mississippi.
Table of Contents
Introduction ix
Memory
Dynamics of New York's Folk Culture Elizabeth Tucker 3
Oral Culture and History Today Joanne Shenandoah Jack W. Gladstone Linda Rosekrans 16
Cities within the City: Ben Botkin's New York Michael L. Murray 29
Ritual and Storytelling: A Passover Tale Barbara Myerhoff 39
Comfort in Cloth: The Syracuse University Remembrance Quilt Dee Britton 50
Here Was New York: Memorial Images of the Twin Towers Kay Turner 58
Play
"I Saw Mrs. Saray, Sitting on a Bombalerry": Ralph Ellison Collects Children's Folklore in Harlem Robert Baron 67
Cultivating Courage through Play Brian Sutton-Smith 86
Emerging Traditions: Dance Performances of the Sudanese DiDinga in Syracuse Felicia McMahon 94
Flyin' High: Kite Flying from the Silk Road to Roosevelt Avenue Elena Martínez 106
Petanque in New York Valérie Feschet 115
Work
Mediating between Two Worlds: The Sonideros of Mexican Youth Dances Cathy Ragland 133
In the Midst of a Monastery: Filming the Making of a Buddhist Sand Mandala Puja Sahney 145
Set in Stone: The Art of Stonework and Wall Building in Westchester County Tom Van Buren 154
An Ethnography of the Saratoga Racetrack Ellen McHale 159
Stand Clear of the Closing Doors! Occupational Folklore of New York City Subway Workers Ryn Gargulinski 169
Resistance
Two Spirited People: Understanding Who We Are as Creation Curtis Harris Leota Lone Dog 181
Camp Woodland: Progressive Education and Folklore in the Catskill Mountains of New York Dale W. Johnson 192
Employing Music in the Cause of Social Justice: Ruth Crawford Seeger and Zilphia Horton Julia Schmidt-Pirro Karen M. McCurdy 203
Burning Messages: Interpreting African American Fraternity Brands and Their Bearers Sandra Mizumoto Posey 215
Food
Wild Game Cooking Kay Kennedy Gus Hedlund Edith Bills Varick Chittenden 227
Foodways Lynn Case Ekfelt 232
Free Market Flavor Steve Zeitlin 242
New York Folklore Archives 246
A Calendar of New York Folic Festivals 248
About the Contributors 252
Index 260