ENGL 314-10/University of Delaware

This course introduces the student to basic concepts about folklore, folklife, and folk art. Reading selections throughout the course derive from different culture areas and ethnic groups in order to provide some sense of the variety of folk groups in the United States and the effect of the cultural and natural environment on folklore. Most of the articles were written by public sector folklorists (folklorists employed by federal, state, or private/non-profit agencies) for the general public.

"Introduction to Folklore" is a highly interactive course: students are expected to complete all reading assignments, participate in class discussions, conduct fieldwork, and critique each other's written work. Students should come to each class prepared to discuss the readings assigned for that day. If discussion do not proceed as if students have done the reading, quizzes will be given--though I would prefer to avoid this.

Requirements for this course include attendance, writing assignments, peer critiques, participation in class discussion, research proposal, and a final project or paper. Class format will be lecture and discussion, with the emphasis placed on discussion. I expect assignments to be completed and submitted on time; the penalty for late assignments is half a letter grade for each day that the assignment is late. All written assignments must be typed, double-spaced; I will not accept any handwritten papers.

Required Texts/Available at UD Bookstore:

Bartis, Peter. 1982. Folklife and Fieldwork: A Layman's : Introduction to Field Techniques. Publications of the American
Folklife Center, No. 3. Washington, D.C.: American Folklife Center.

Jackson, Bruce, Judith McCulloh, and Marta Weigle. 1984.  Folklore/Folklife. Washington, D.C.: The American Folklore
Society.

Saltzman, Rachelle H. editor. 1991. Readings for Introduction to Folklore, Fall 1991. Newark: University of Delaware.

Schoemaker, George H. editor. 1990. The Emergence of Folklore in Everyday Life: A Field Guide and Source Book.
Bloomington, Indiana: Trickster Press.

UNIT I: DEFINITIONS

This unit focuses on definitions of folklore, folk art, and folklife excerpted from sources such as state policy documents, introductions to festival and exhibit catalogues, and so on. The assignment for this unit is for each student to write his/her own 250-word (1-1 1/2 pages) definition of folklore, folklife, and folk art.

September 10:

Introduction--Definitions of Folklore, Folklife, Folk Art

Handouts: syllabus, list of texts available in bookstore

September 12:  Defining Folklore

BRING 250-WORD DEFINITION OF FOLKLORE TO CLASS

Lockwood, Yvonne, C. Kurt Dewhurst, & Marsha MacDowell. 1985. "Introduction." Michigan: Whose Story? Michigan: MSU/Folk Arts Division. (Saltzman: 1-3)

Chinn, Jennie. 1983. "Kansas Folklife." Kansas Folklife Festival Guide. Manhattan, Kansas: KSU. (Saltzman: 4).

1984. "Introduction." Kansas Folklife Festival Guide. Manhattan, Kansas: KSU. (Saltzman: 5)

Hansen, Greg. 1985. "Introduction" and "Folklife." Northwest Tennessee Heritage Festival. Martin, TN: TN Arts Council. (Saltzman: 6-8)

Saltzman, Rachelle. 1989. "Conclusion." 1988-1989 Florida : Folklife/Folk Arts Apprenticeship Program. White Springs: Florida Folklife Program. (Saltzman: 9-10)

Bustin, Dillon and Jessie Payne. n.d. Definitions and Priorities for Applicants in Folklife and Ethnic Arts. Massachusetts: The Commonwealth of Massachusetts Council on the Arts and Humanities. (Saltzman: 11)

Stewart, Polly. 1983. "Introduction." Delmarva Folklife. Ed. Polly Stewart. Salisbury, MD: Salisbury State College. (Saltzman 12)

Staub, Shalom. 1988. from "Traditional Craftsmanship in Pennsylvania: An Ethnographic Perspective." Craft & Community: Traditional Arts in Contemporary Society. Ed. Shalom Staub. Phila: Balch Institute & Pennsylvania Heritage Affairs. (Saltzman:12 13-14)

Folk Arts Program. n.d. "What is Folk Art?" Arkansas Folk Art. Little Rock: Arkansas Arts Council. (Saltzman: 15)

Chinn, Jennie. 1987. "What is Folk Arts?" Festival International Program Guide. Kansas City: KAW Valley Arts Council & the Ethnic Council of KCK. (Saltzman: 16)

Kurin, Richard. 1990. "Folklife in Contemporary Multicultural Society." 1990 Festival of American Folklife. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institute. (Saltzman: 17-26)

Grider, Sylvia. 1988. Children's Folklore: A Manual for Teachers. White Springs: Florida Folklife Program. (Saltzman: 27-33)

Jackson, Bruce, Judith McCulloh, and Marta Weigle. 1984. Folklore/Folklife. Washington, D.C.: The American Folklore Society.

Schoemaker: Chapters 1, 18

UNIT II: CONCEPTS ABOUT FOLK GROUPS AND ETHNICITY

The second unit on folk group and ethnicity explores different kinds of folk groups, how in-group members define themselves, how out-group members define them, and different criteria for group identity. The assignment for this unit is for students to pick a folk group to which they belong and write about it in descriptive way, noting criteria for group membership, how an individual becomes part of that group, and how he/she recognizes others in his/her group. This 500-750-word (2-3 pages) paper must be in essay format.

September 17: Regional Folklife

ASSIGNMENT DUE:  TURN IN REVISED FOLKLORE DEFINITIONS

Cohen, David S. 1983. "New Jersey Folklife: An Overview." 1983 Festival of American Folklife. Washington DC: Smithsonian. (Saltzman: 58-59)

Warner, Sue. 1988. "Celebrating the Culture Around the Corner." The Philadelphia Inquirer Magazine 3 April. (Saltzman:60-64)

McHale, Ellen. 1988. "The Impact of Tourism Upon Traditional Culture: A Portrait of Berkshire County, Massachusetts." 1988 Festival of American Folklife. Washington DC: Smithsonian. (Saltzman: 65-66)

Kennedy, Richard and Lynn Martin. 1989. "Hawai'i: Cosmopolitan Culture at the Crossroads of the Pacific." 1989 Festival of American Folklife. Washington DC: Smithsonian. (Saltzman: 67-80)

Chinn, Jennie. 1982. "Kansas Folk Roots." Folk Roots: An Exploration of the Folk Arts and Cultural Traditions of Kansas. Manhattan, Kansas: University for Man. (Saltzman: 81-83)

Bucuvalas, Tina. 1987. Traditions: South Florida Folklife. Miami: Historical Association of Southern Florida. (Saltzman: 84-92)

Everts, Dana. 1986. Tradiciones de Valle. Colorado: Rio Grande Arts Center. (Saltzman: 93-137)

September 19: Ethnic Folklore I

Schoemaker: Chapters 14, 15, & 16

Jordan, Rosan. 1985. "Folklore and Ethnicity: Some Theoretical Considerations." Louisiana Folklife. Ed. Nicholas Spitzer. Baton Rouge: Louisiana Folklife. (Saltzman: 138-142)

Miller, Craig. 1986. "Ethnic Organizations and the Maintenance of Tradition." Utah Folklife Newsletter 20(1). (Saltzman: 143-144)

Williams, John Alexander. 1989. "Italian-American Identity, Old and New: Stereotypes, Fashion, and Ethnic Revival." Folklife Center News XI(4). (Saltzman: 145-146)

Lockwood, Yvonne Hiipakka. 1987. "Michigan Traditions: Ethnic or Folk?" 1987 Festival of American Folklife. Washington DC: Smithsonian. (Saltzman: 147-151)

Skillman, Amy. n.d. "Ethnic Music and Dance in Our Cities." The Masters and Their Traditional Arts Series. Ed. Margot Ford McMillen. Missouri: UM-Columbia. (Saltzman: 152-156)

May-Machunda, Phyllis M. 1988. "Migration to Washington: Making a New Place Home." 1988 Festival of American Folklife. Washington DC: Smithsonian. (Saltzman: 157-60)

September 24: Ethnic Folklore II

Schoemaker: Chapter 19

Eastman, Carol. 1985. "Indian Lore Can Still Be Enjoyed."  Advertising Supplement to the Christian Science Monitor 11 March. (Saltzman: 161)

Bethke, Robert D. 1983. "Struggle, Pride, Display: The Nanticoke Indians of Delaware." Delmarva Folklife. Ed. Polly Stewart. Salisbury, MD: Salisbury State. (Saltzman: 162-3)

Gregory, H.F. Pete. 1985. "'A Promise from the Sun:' The Folklife Traditions of Louisiana Indians." Louisiana Folklife. Ed. Nicholas Spitzer. Baton Rouge: Louisiana Folklife. (Saltzman: 164-72)

McNutt, Jim. Ed. 1986. Those Kinds of Times: Afro-American Communities in Houston. San Antonio: The UT Institute of Texan Cultures. (Saltzman: 173-84)

Jackson, Joyce M. 1990. "African American Folk Culture in Miami." Traditional Arts of the African Diaspora. Eds. Tina Bucuvalas and Brent Cantrell. Miami: Historical Museum of South Florida. (Saltzman: 185-190)

Kennedy, Peter. 1984. "On the Transatlantic Trail." The British American Folklife Festival. NC: Dept. of Cultural Resources and the Smithsonian. (Saltzman: 191-3)

Royer, Rosanne G. 1985. "East Europeans Cherish Old World Traditions." Advertising Supplement to the Christian Science Monitor 11 March. (Saltzman: 194)

Tsutakawa, Mayumi. 1985. "Asian-Pacific Lore is Varied and Colorful." Advertising Supplement to the Christian Science Monitor 11 March. (Saltzman: 195)

Sperling, Devorah S. 1991. "Hanukkah: Feast of Dedication, Festival of Lights." Folklife Center News XIII(2). (Saltzman: 196-7)

Moez, Yassaman Amir. 1991. "The Magic of Norus: Iranian New Year's Day Celebrations." Folklife Center News XIII(2). (Saltzman: 198-202)

Dyen, Doris. 1988. "Pysanky: Crafsmanship, Ritual Meaning, and Ethnic Identity." Craft and Community. Ed. Shalom Staub. Phila: Balch Institute & Pennsylvania Heritage Affairs. (Saltzman: 203-6)

Taft, Ann. 1985. "Schuetzenfest." Kentucky Folklife Celebration. Louisville: KY Center for the Arts. (Saltzman: 207)

September 26: Occupational Folklife

ASSIGNMENT DUE: DRAFT OF FOLK GROUP PAPER FOR IN-CLASS PEER CRITIQUE

Schoemaker: Chapter 13

Bell, Michael. 1987. "Working on the Line." 1987 Festival of Michigan Folklife. Michigan: MSU. (Saltzman: 208-12)

Freeman, Roland. 1987. "The Arabbers of Baltimore: A Photo Essay." 1987 Festival of American Folklife. Washington DC: Smithsonian. (Saltzman: 213-16)

Thatcher, Elaine. 1987. "'I See By Your Outfit That You Are A Cowboy': The Expressive Arts of an American Folk Group." Trappings of the American West. Flagstaff: Coconino Center for the Arts. (Saltzman: 217-19)

Owen, Blanton, Ed. 1984. "Traditional Florida Ranching." 32nd Annual Florida Folk Festival Guide. White Springs: Florida Folklife Programs. (Saltzman: 220-34)

Moonsammy, Rita. 1983. "Occupational Folklife of New Jersey." 1983 Festival of American Folklife. Washington DC: Smithsonian. (Saltzman: 235-37)

Dewhurst, C. Kurt. 1987. "River Guides, Long Boats, and Bait Shops: Michigan River Culture." 1987 Festival of Michigan Folklife. Michigan: MSU. (Saltzman: 238-41)

Michael, Nancy. Ed. 1987. "Maritime Folklore." 35th Annual Florida Folk Festival Guide. White Springs: Florida Folklife. (Saltzman: 242-60)

UNIT III: FIELDWORK

The third unit consists of readings, discussion, and a practical exercise in fieldwork. Students will practice their interviewing techniques on each other. The assignment for this and the following unit is to collect three "texts" complete with contextual notes to include dates, descriptions of places, informants, performance details, and personal thoughts as to the messages being expressed. If all such details are not included, I will assume you have made up your data and you will receive an F for the assignment. Fieldwork should begin by 10/3/91. Assignment will be due in class for peer critiques on 10/10/91; final drafts are due in class 10/15/91. See description of Unit IV for further details.

October 1: Fieldwork I: TURN IN FINAL VERSION OF FOLK GROUP PAPER

Bartis, Peter. 1982. Folklife and Fieldwork: A Layman's Introduction to Field Techniques. Publications of the

American Folklife Center, No. 3. Washington, D.C.:

American Folklife Center.

Stanton, Gary. 1989. "Collecting and Presenting Folk Arts." Collection South Carolina Folk Art: A Guide. Columbia: McKissick Museum, USC. (Saltzman:261-68)

Schoemaker: Chapter 2, 3, and 20

Magnuson. 1987. "What is Folk Arts?" Festival International Program Guide. Kansas City: KAW Valley Arts Council & the Ethnic Council of KCK. (Saltzman: 16)

Skillman, Amy. n.d. "The Masters." The Masters and Their Traditional Arts. Ed. Margot Ford McMillen. Missouri: UM-Columbia. (Saltzman: 269-70)
 

October 3: Applied Fieldwork ASSIGNMENT: BEGIN FIELDWORK PROJECT

Sindler, Mark. 1985 "The Vietnamese Documentary Project." Louisiana Folklife. Ed. Nicholas Spitzer. Baton Rouge: Louisiana Folklife. (Saltzman: 271)

Fish, Lydia. 1989. "The Folklorist as Community Organizer." Time and Temperature. Ed. Charles Camp. Washington DC: American Folklore Society. (Saltzman: 272-73)

Spitzer, Nicholas. 1985. "An Introduction to Media Documentation of Louisiana Folklife." Louisiana Folklife. Baton Rouge: Louisiana Folklife. (Saltzman: 274-75)

Auerbach, Susan. 1987. "A Museum Folk Arts Program." Museum Anthropology 11(1).(Saltzman: 276)

Feintuch, Burt. 1984."A Meaningful Festival." Kentucky Folklife Celebration.Louisville: KY Center for the Arts. (Saltzman:277)

Handout: Saltzman, Riki, ed. 1991. 1991 Florida Folk Festival Guide. White Springs: Florida Folklife Programs.
 

UNIT IV: FOLK LITERATURE AND FOLK SPEECH (legends, tales, jokes, urban legends, xerox lore)

During this unit, students explore some of the different genres of folk literature by reading descriptions, hearing field tapes, and collecting their own examples of legends, tales, jokes, urban legends, or xerox lore. The writing assignment for this unit is to collect one example from each of three genres or three examples of one genre (either collection to be from one folk group--preferably the group explored in the second writing assignment). As noted above, the students are to note the genre/s, their fieldwork techniques, the texts, and the meaning of the texts to the collector and the informants. At least 2-3 sessions with informants will be necessary to elicit this information. It is useful for the collector to check out his/her impression of what has occurred (event/s and meaning/s) with his/her informants. They probably understand why they told a particular joke or story better than the collector.
 

October 8: Folk Speech
 

Schoemaker: Chapters 5

Engler, Leo. 1983. "Folklore & Linguistics: Folk Speech & Dialectology." Delmarva Folklife. Ed. Polly Stewart. Salisbury:
Salisbury State College. (Saltzman: 278-79)

Wolfman, Walt. 1987. "American English: A Diverse Tongue." 1987 Festival of American Folklife. Washington DC: Smithsonian. (Saltzman: 280-84)

Spitzer, Nicholas. 1987. "'Lache pas la patate:' French in Louisiana." 1987 Festival of American Folklife. Washington DC: Smithsonian. (Saltzman: 285-89)

Gottesman, Itzek. 1987. "The Yiddish Speaking Community in New York City." 1987 Festival of American Folklife. Washington DC: Smithsonian. (Saltzman: 290-93)

Crystal, Eric. 1987. "Language and Culture: A Mien Refugee Perspective." 1987 Festival of American Folklife. Washington DC: Smithsonian. (Saltzman: 294-97)
 

October 10: Folk Narrative
 

Schoemaker: Chapter 4

Wilson, Joe T. 1986. "Storytelling." Saturday Night and Sunday Morning: A National Black Heritage Tour. Washington DC: NCTA. (Saltzman: 298)

Bell, Michael. 1984. "Old Heads on Young Shoulders." Black Tales Told on a Rhode Island Road. Ed. Romona Bass. Providence: RI Black Heritage Society. (Saltzman: 299-305)

Stephenson, Rex and Jody Brown. 1983. "The Folk Tales of the Eastern Blue Ridge." Blue Ridge Folklife Festival. Ferrum, VA: Blue Ridge Institute. (Saltzman: 306-7)

Saltzman, Rachelle H. 1989. "African-Haitian Story Telling." 1988/1989 Florida Folklife/Folk Arts Apprenticeship Program. White Springs: Florida Folklife. (Saltzman: 308-9)

Saltzman, Rachelle H. 1989. "African-American Street Crying." 1988/1989 Florida Folklife/Folk Arts Apprenticeship Program. White Springs: Florida Folklife. (Saltzman: 338-39)

Owen, Blanton. 1987. "Verbal Arts in Cowboy Culture. Trappings of the American West. Flagstaff: Coconino Center for the Arts. (Saltzman: 310-11)

Whipple, Melvin. 1987. Echoes of the Past: The Cowboy Poetry of Melvin Whipple, ed. Jim McNutt. San Antonio: University of Texas Institute of Texan Cultures. (Saltzman: 340-44)

Lornell, Kip. 1984. "Bedford Bears and Tales." Blue Ridge Folklife Festival. Ferrum, VA: BRI. (Saltzman: 312-13)

Santino, Jack. 1983. "Icarus Revisited: The Folklore and Folklife of Flight." 1983 Festival of American Folklife. Washington DC: Smithsonian. (Saltzman: 314-15)

Sheppard, Carroll Anne. 1989. "The Jersey Devil in Ethnographic Perspective." New Jersey Folklore Society Review X(1):3-4. (Saltzman: 316-20)

Steiner, Henry-York. 1987. "Valuable Narratives from Northeast Washington Provide Insight." Washboard 3(4):1-2.

(Saltzman: 321-22)

Optional:

Ladenheim, Melissa, Merrill Oliver, & Catherine Schwoeffermann. 1986. Three Catskill Storytellers. Binghamton, NY: Roberson Center for the Arts. (Saltzman: 323-37)

October 15:

ASSIGNMENT DUE IN CLASS: FINAL DRAFTS OF FIELDWORK PROJECT

Exam questions given out; I will select questions for the mid-term exam from this list. Go home and study!!

October 17: MID-TERM EXAM

October 22: Folk Belief and Folk Medicine

Schoemaker: Chapter 6

Bell, Michael. 1987. Rattling Chains and Dreadful Noises: Customs and Arts of Halloween. RI: Rhode Island Folklife Project. (Saltzman: 345-55)

Megalli, Nabil. 1987. "Believers can Have Free Wish." The News Journal 19 March: A16. (Saltzman: 356)

Sama, Anita. 1987. "Christmas Traditions Culled From Around the World." The News Journal 26 November: F6. (Saltzman: 357)

McCarthy, Ellen and William McCarthy. 1983. "Folk Medicine in the Lower Eastern Shore. Delmarva Folklife. Salisbury: Salisbury State College. (Saltzman: 358)

Bell, Michael. 1982. Roots and Remedies: Afro-American Folk Medicine in Rhode Island. RI: Rhode Island Black Heritage Society, RI Folklife Project. (Saltzman: 359-71)

Midol Products. n.d. The End of the Menstrual Myth. N.J.: Redi-Laser. (Saltzman: 372-81)

UNIT V: MATERIAL CULTURE

Unit five consists of readings, collection, and writing about folk art and material culture.  Students should review the definitions explored during the first week.  For this unit's assignment students will write about the relationship between form and function (i.e. cause and effect) based on the readings, which will consist of essays about folk art genres found in exhibit and festival catalogues, folk arts apprenticeship booklets, and so on.  I will hand out a question for students to answer in a 750-word essay.

October 24:  Folk and Ethnic Arts

Schoemaker: Chapter 12

Bell, Michael. 1985. Hand to Hand, Heart to Heart. Providence: RI Folklife Project. (Saltzman: 382-91)

O'Connor, Malachai. 1988. "The Ethics of Craftsmanship Among the Lancaster County Amish." Craft and Community, Ed. Shalom Staub. Phila: Balch Institute & Pennsylvania Heritage Affairs. (Saltzman: 392-97)

Turner, Kay and Pat Jasper. 1986. "La Casa, La Calle y La Esquina: A Look at the Art Among Us." Art Among Us, Art Entre Nosotros: Mexican American Folk Art of San Antonio. San Antonio: San Antonio Museum Association. (Saltzman: 398-421)

Jordan, Rosan, Frank de Caro, Susan Roach-Lankford, and Nicholas Spitzer. 1985. "All Saints' Day Wreaths and Other Ritual-Festival Craft Items." from "Louisiana Folk Crafts." Louisiana Folklife. Baton Rouge: Louisiana Folklife. (Saltzman: 422-23)

California Academy of Sciences. 1987. Nativity Folk Art.   California: CAS. (Saltzman: 424-26)

Peterson, Sally. 1988. "'They Know the Rule for What Will Make It Pretty': Hmong Material Traditions in Translation." Craft and Community. Ed. Shalom Staub. Phila: Balch Institute & Pennsylvania Heritage Affairs. (Saltzman: 427-32)

Ung, Maizie. 1987. "Chinese Paper Crafts." Festival at the Lake: A Celebration of Bay Area Cultural Heritage. Ed. June Anderson. Oakland: First District Agricultural Association. (Saltzman: 433)

October 29: Folk Crafts and Folk Architecture

Brassieur, C. Ray. 1987. "Folk Crafts: A 'Hand-Me-Down'  Tradition." Louisiana Folklife Festival. Baton Rouge: Louisiana Folklife. (Saltzman: 434 )

Wachs, Eleanor. 1988. "Traditional Crafts and Tourism on Cape Cod and the Islands." Festival of Massachusetts Folklife. Massachusetts: The Commonwealth of Massachusetts Council on the Arts and Humanities. (Saltzman: 435)

Graves, Thomas. 1988. "Robert Moore: Native American Craftsman." Craft and Community. Ed. Shalom Staub. Phila: Balch Institute & Pennsylvania Heritage Affairs. (Saltzman: 436-38)

Joseph, Nancy. 1985. "Mechanical Whirligigs: A Contemporary Folk Art." Advertising Supplement to the Christian Science Monitor 11 March: B13-14. (Saltzman: 439-40)

McCarthy, Willam B. 1983. "Folk Architecture in the Delmarva Peninsula." Delmarva Folklife. Salisbury: Salisbury State College. (Saltzman: 441-43)

Morrill, Janice. 1988. "The New England Three-Decker: An  Immigrant's Home." 1988 Festival of Massachusetts Folklife. Masschusetts: Commonwealth of Massachusetts Council on the Arts and Humanities. (Saltzman: 444-46)

Koch, William E. 1982. "Log Homes in Kansas." Folk Roots. Ed. Jennie Chinn. Kansas: University for Man. (Saltzman: 447-50)

Jackson, Myron D. 1990. "Folk Architechture." 1990 Festival of American Folklife. Washington DC: Smithsonian. (Saltzman: 451-52)

Comeaux, Malcolm. 1985. "Folk Boats of Louisiana." Louisiana Folklife. Baton Rouge: Louisiana Folklife. (Saltzman: 453-70)

October 31: Leisure, Rural, and Occupational Arts
 

ASSIGNMENT DUE: DRAFT OF FORM AND FUNCTION PAPER DUE IN CLASS FOR AT HOME PEER
CRITIQUE

Burdick, Kim. 1983. "Challenging the Ducks." Delmarva Folklife. Salisbury: Salisbury State College. (Saltzman: 475-77)

Basile, Kenneth. 1983. "Wildfowl Carving in the Chesapeake." Delmarva Folklife. Salisbury: Salisbury State College. (Saltzman: 477-78)

Bethke, Robert D. 1983. "On the Prog." Delmarva Folklife.  Salisbury: Salisbury State College. (Saltzman: 477-78)

Saltzman, Rachelle H. 1989. "Fishing Fly-tying and Fly Casting." 1988-1989 Florida Folklife/Folk Arts Apprenticeship Program. White Springs: Florida Folklife. (Saltzman: 479-80)

McClurken, James. 1987. "Crafts of Survival: The Materials of Ottawa, Ojibway, and Potawatomi Culture." 1987 Festival of Michigan Folklife. Michigan: MSU. (Saltzman: 481-86)

Michael, Nancy. 1986. "Frontier Craftsmen in Contemporary  Settings." The Crocket Centennial Times. Tennessee: (Saltzman: 487-88)

Gallagher, Diane. 1983. "Net-making Along the Delaware Bay." Delmarva Folklife. Salisbury: SSC. (Saltzman: 489-90)

Bethke, Robert D. 1983. "Lydia Beideman: Net-hanger." Delmarva Folklife. Salisbury: SSC. (Saltzman: 491)

Yeatman, D. A. 1983. "William & Harry Evans, Metal Founders." Delmarva Folklife. Salisbury: SSC. (Saltzman: 492-93)

Bethke, Robert D. 1983. "Delaware Farm Crafts." Delmarva  Folklife. Salisbury: SSC. (Saltzman: 494-96)

Cogswell, Robie. 1983. "Riving." Rural Kentuckian 37(7):18-21. (Saltzman: 497-500)

Landrum, Cecile. n.d. "Bootmaking." The Masters and their  Traditional Arts (series). Missouri: UM-Columbia.

(Saltzman: 501-3)

Bergin, Martin. n.d. "Saddlery." The Masters and their  Traditional Arts (series). Missouri: UM-Columbia.

(Saltzman: 504-5)

Edgette, Joseph. 1988. "The Wood Family: Generations of Stone Carvers in Delaware County." Craft and Community. Ed. Shalom Staub. Phila: Balch Institute & Pennsylvania Heritage Affairs. (Saltzman: 506-9)

O'Connor, Malachai. 1988. "Bob Rock Blacksmith." Craft and Community. Ed. Shalom Staub. Phila: Balch Institute & Pennsylvania Heritage Affairs. (Saltzman: 510-13)

November 5: Textiles and Foodways

Auerbach, Susan. 1986. "Needle Arts Traditions in the City: Symbols of Home and Heritage." L.A. Folk Arts 1(3):1,5. (Saltzman: 514-15)

Saltzman, Rachelle H. 1989. "Puerto Rican Bobbin Lace Making." 1988-1989 Florida Folklife/Folk Arts Apprenticeship Program. White Springs: Florida Folklife. (Saltzman: 516-17)

Laurel, Horton. 1989. Glorified Patchwork: South Carolina Crazy Quilts. Columbia: McKissick Museum, USC. (Saltzman: 518-21)

McDonald, Mary Anne. "Afro-American Quilts in the Delmarva Peninsula." Delmarva Folklife. Salisbury: SSC.

(Saltzman: 522-24)

Bell, Michael. 1981. Quilting: Folk Traditions of the Rhode Island Afro-American Community. Rhode Island: RI Black Heritage Society, St. Martin dePorres Center Senior Citizens Center. (Saltzman: 525-29)

Dyen, Doris. 1988. "The Allison Park Quiltmakers." Craft and Community. Ed. Shalom Staub. Phila: Balch Institute & Pennsylvania Heritage Affairs. (Saltzman: 530-33)

Saltzman, Rachelle H. 1989. "Miccosukee Patchwork Making."

1988-1989 Florida Folklife/Folk Arts Apprenticeship Program. White Springs: Florida Folklife. (Saltzman: 534-35)

Adler, Thomas. 1985. "Foodways." Kentucky Folklife Celebration. Louisville: KY Center for the Arts. (Saltzman: 536)

Gutierrez, C. Paige. 1985. "Louisiana Traditional Foodways." Louisiana Folklife. Baton Rouge: Louisiana Folklife. (Saltzman: 537-45)

Goodman, Ellen. 1987. "On Thanksgiving, Family Traditions Tell Us Who We Are." New Journal. 25 November: A11. (Saltzman: 546)

Bucuvalas, Tina. 1988. "Foodways." Traditions: A Celebration of Latin & Caribbean Music. Miami: Historical Assn. of South Florida. (Saltzman: 547-48)

Bell, Michael. 1982. "Hispanic Markets." Festival Folklorico Latino Americo/Hispanic Folk Arts Festival. Rhode Island: Roger Williams Park Museum. (Saltzman: 549)

Fister, Nancy. 1989. "Savoring Traditions: Food From Many Tables." San Pedro Traditions Festival. LA: Folk Arts Program. (Saltzman: 550-51)

Neustadt, Kathy. 1988. "Clambake Traditions in New England." 1988 Festival of Massachusetts Folklife. Masschusetts: Commonwealth of Massachusetts Council on the Arts and Humanities. (Saltzman: 552-53)

Gillespie, Angus. 1983. "Foodways in South Jersey." 1983 Festival of American Folklife. Washington DC: Smithsonian.

(Saltzman: 554)

Au, Dennis M. 1987. "'God Bless dee Mushrat: She's a Fish!'" 1987 Festival of Michigan Folklife. Michigan: MSU. (Saltzman: 556-59)

Burdick, Kim. 1983. "In the Old Country They Make Terrible Pizza." Delmarva Folklife. Salisbury: SSC. (Saltzman: 560-61)

Saltzman, Rachelle H. 1982. "Ethnic Foodways." 1982 Mid-South Folk Festival Guide. Memphis: CSF. (Saltzman: 562)

Skillman, Amy. 1987. "Notes from the Field." Tradition 4:8-9. (Saltzman: 563-64)

Linnartz, Linda. 1980. "The Fine Art of Catching and Preparing Turtle." Blue Ridge Folklife Festival. Ferrum, VA: BRI. (Saltzman: 565-67)

Williamson, Seth. 1986. "Copper kettles, corn likker and that good old-time shine." Blue Ridge Folklife Festival. Ferrum, VA: BRI. (Saltzman: 568-70)

UNIT VI: PERFORMANCE GENRES (folk music, song, drama, festivals, rituals)

During the last unit before the final projects, the course explores several performance genres, e.g. folk music, song, drama, festivals, rituals, and so on. Besides reading essays describing and critiquing those genres, students will also view documentary films that capture folkloric performances. The assignment for this unit is to write a 500-word (2-page) review of one of the films on reserve in the library. Students should argue whether or not the film maker/s have persuaded the viewers that their subjects are relevant and interesting and that their topic is or is not well-conceived and executed. Suggestions as to what the film maker should/not have done may be incorporated into the review. The final draft of the film review is due Thursday, November 21, 1991.

November 7: Public Display Events, Folk Festivals, and Games

ASSIGNMENT DUE: FINAL DRAFTS OF FORM AND FUNCTION ASSIGNMENT DUE IN CLASS TODAY

FILMS FOR REVIEW ARE AVAILABLE AT THE LIBRARY

Schoemaker: Chapter 9

Kodish, Debora. 1989. "Topping Out: 'The Tree Symbolizes That We Did It!'" Works in Progress 2(3). (Saltzman: 571-72)

Saltzman, Riki. Ed. 1990. "Traditional Ethnic Celebrations in Florida." 38th Annual Florida Folk Festival Guide. White Springs: Florida Folklife Programs. (Saltzman: 573-87)

Menez, Jerminia and Susan Montepio. 1987. "The Santacruzan Festival in the Filipino Community of Los Angeles." Cityroots Festival: A Celebration of New Immigrant Traditions. L.A.: Cultural Affairs. (Saltzman: 588-91)

MacDowell, Marsha. 1987. "County Fairs, Roadside Produce Stands, and Community Harvest Festivals: Outward Signs of MIchigan Agricultural Traditions." 1987 Festival of Michigan Folklife. Michigan: MSU. (Saltzman: 592-95)

Crowell, Todd. 1985. "Cowboys: Rodeo is Rooted in Community." Advertising Supplement to the Christian Science Monitor 11 March: B9. (Saltzman: 596)

Walls, Robert. 1985. "Logger Lore." Advertising Supplement to the Christian Science Monitor 11 March: B6-7. (Saltzman: 597-98)

Merrill-Mirsky, Carol. 1988. "Notes From the Playground: Children's Singing Games." L.A. Folk Arts 3(1):5-4. (Saltzman: 599-600)

Soileau, Jeanne. 1985. "Louisiana Children's Folklore." Louisiana Folklife. Baton Rouge: Louisiana Folklife. (Saltzman: 601-5)

Cogswell, Robert. 1984. "Dainty: A Louisville Street Game." Back Home in Kentucky. 7(4):35-37. (Saltzman: 606-8)

Webb, L. Vaughan. 1986. "Horseshoe Pitching: Reflections on Proper Living." Blue Ridge Folklife Festival. Ferrum, VA: BRI. (Saltzman: 609)

November 12: Folk Drama and Dance

Schoemaker: Chapter 11

Bulger, Peggy. 1980. "Medicine Show Traditions." 1980 Florida Folklife Program Festival Guide. White Springs: Florida Folklife Programs. (Saltzman: 631)

Loomis, Ormond, Doris Dyen, and Merri Belland. 1981. "Tour-Boat Guiding." from "Folklife Areas: Big Bend." 29th Annual Florida Folk Festival Guide. White Springs: Florida Folklife Programs. (Saltzman: 610-11)

Rivera, Eulalie. 1990. "Tea Meeting." 1990 Festival of American Folklife. Washington DC: Smithsonian. (Saltzman: 612-13)

Woodside, Jane Harris. 1986. "Womanless Weddings." Blue Ridge Folklife Festival. Ferrum, VA: BRI. (Saltzman: 614-15)

Arvites, John. 1985. "Ventriloquial Exhibit." Kentucky Folklife Celebration. Louisville: KY Center for the Arts. (Saltzman: 616)

Wilson, Joseph T. 1986. "Patting Juba." Saturday Night and Sunday Morning: A National Black Heritage Tour. Washington DC: NCTA. (Saltzman: 617)

Fulcher, Bobby. 1986. "Tennessee on its Toes." The Crocket Centennial Times. Tennessee: (Saltzman: 618)

NCAC/Folklife Section. 1986. "Blues and Buck Dancing" and "Breakdancing." The North Carolina Black Folk Heritage Tour Program. Chapel Hill: NCAC/Folklife Section. (Saltzman: 619)

Folklife Center of International House. 1986. "Apprenticeship in Afro-American Tap Dance." Cultural Columns VI(2):9-10. (Saltzman: 620-21)

Sommer, Sally. 1988. "Black Campus Competition--Step Up the Heat." Village Voice 2 February: 33-40. (Saltzman: 622-24)

Auerbach, Susan. 1988. "From Louisiana to Los Angeles: Creole

La-la Dances." L.A. Folk Arts 3(1): 4-5. (Saltzman: 625-26)

Catlin, Amy. 1987. "The Vo Family: Vietnamese Musicians, Singing Actresses and Ritual Performers." Cityroots Festival. L.A.: Cultural Affairs. (Saltzman: 627-30)

November 14: Folk Music I

Schoemaker: Chapter 10

Dyen, Doris. 1980. "What is Traditional Music." 1980 Florida Folklife Program Festival Guide. White Springs: Florida Folklife Programs. (Saltzman: 631-34)

Seeger, Anthony. 1990. "Musics of Struggle." 1990 Festival of American Folklife. Washington DC: Smithsonian. (Saltzman: 635-42)

Peters, Jacquelin. "Songs and Stories of Struggle: Music and Verse as Ethical Discourse--The Pittston Coal Strike." 1990 Festival of American Folklife. Washington DC: Smithsonian. (Saltzman: 637-38)

Cannon, Hal. 1987. "Lester Hubbard and the Folk Songs of Utah." Utah Folklife Newsletter 21(2). (Saltzman: 643-44)

Holt, George. Ed. 1991. "The Mendaden Chanteymen." North Carolina Folk Heritage Award. Chapel Hill: North Carolina Arts Council/Folk Arts Section. (Saltzman: 645-46)

Williams-Jones, Pearl. 1987. "Washington, D.C./Gospel Music City, USA: State of the Art." 1987 Festival of American Folklife. Washington DC: Smithsonian. (Saltzman: 647-52)

Walden, Charles. n.d. "Fiddle Music." The Masters and Their Traditional Arts (series). Ed. Margot F. McMillen. Missouri: UM-Columbia. (Saltzman: 653-54)

Owen, Blanton. 1982. "Stringbands." Folklife Festival-The 1982

World's Fair. Tennessee: Stokely-Van Camp. (Saltzman: 655-56)

Artis, Bob. 1982. "Bluegrass." Folklife Festival-The 1982

World's Fair. Tennessee: Stokely-Van Camp. (Saltzman: 657)

Country Music Hall of Fame. 1982. "Country Music." Folklife Festival-The 1982 World's Fair. Tennessee: Stokely-Van Camp. (Saltzman: 658)

Wolfe, Charles. 1982. "Music." Mid-South Folk Festival Guide. Memphis: CSF. (Saltzman: 659-60)

Rumble, John. 1985. "Charlotte Country--A Sixty Year Tradition." The Charlotte Country Music Story. Chapel Hill: The North Carolina Arts Council/Folklife Section. (Saltzman: 661-63)

Coulter, Della. 1982. "The Piedmont Tradition." The Charlotte Country Music Story. Chapel Hill: The North Carolina Arts Council/Folklife Section. (Saltzman: 664-68)

Jabbour, Alan and Bill Hicks. 1989. "Reflections on the Stringband Music Revival." Sounds of the South. Chapel Hill: UNC. (Saltzman: 609-70)

November 19: Folk Music II

May-Machunda, Phyllis May. 1987. "Music in Metropolitan Washington." 1987 Festival of American Folklife. Washington DC: Smithsonian. (Saltzman: 671-75)

Allen, Ray. 1982. "Beale Street Legacy." 1982 Mid-South Folk Festival Guide. Memphis: CSF. (Saltzman: 676-77)

Friend, Robyn C., Neil G. Siegel, and Morteza Varzi. 1987. "Contexts for Iranian Traditional Music in Los Angeles." Cityroots Festival. L.A.: Cultural Affairs. (Saltzman: 678-81)

Auerbach, Susan. 1987. "!Punta! Garifuna Music Making in Los Angeles." Cityroots Festival. L.A.: Cultural Affairs. (Saltzman: 682-85)

Loucky, James. 1987. "Maya Migrants and Musical Tradition in Los Angeles." Cityroots Festival. L.A.: Cultural Affairs. (Saltzman: 686-89)

Sanna, Mary Jo. 1988. "Italian and Portuguese Village Bands in Massachusetts." 1988 Festival of Massachusetts Folklife. Massachusetts: Holyoke Heritage State Park and Mass. Council on the Arts/Humanities. (Saltzman: 690-91)

Adams, Robert. n.d. "American Black Music." The Masters and Their Traditional Arts (series). Ed. Margot F. McMillen. Missouri: UM-Columbia. (Saltzman: 692-96)

Plaza de la Raza. 1985. "Musical Roots/Raices Musicales." Celebrando Nuestras Tradiciones. L.A.: Plaza de la Raza Cultural Center for the Arts and Education. (Saltzman: 697-702)

Waldman, Deborah. 1983. "Living by the Music: Cohesive Influences in the Song Repertoire of French-American New Englanders." 1983 Festival of American Folklife. Washington DC: Smithsonian. (Saltzman: 703-4)

McCarthy, William and Robert Bethke. 1983. "Musical Mosaic in Black and White." Delmarva Folklife. Salisbury: SSC. (Saltzman: 705-7).

Moloney, Mick. 1987. "Irish Traditional Music and Dance." Cherish the Ladies. NY: Ethnic Folk Arts Center. (Saltzman: 708-9)

UNIT VII: FINAL PROJECTS

During the last unit of the course, students will work on final projects. This assignment will include (besides appropriate reference and research guides/exercises) submitting a short research proposal, fieldwork and documentation (i.e. evidence that the student has indeed done the fieldwork), and a paper that must incorporate a definition of folklore as well as the folk group and genre picked, a presentation of texts and/or photographs, a description of the performance situation, context, background information, and an exploration of the meaning and function of that genre and specific texts for the folk group members.

November 21:

ASSIGNMENT DUE IN CLASS: FINAL DRAFT OF FILM REVIEW

November 26:

Bring complete draft of research proposal to class for peer critique. Both the critique and the proposal are course requirements and must be completed and turned in before final paper can be written. Proposal should include your topic, thesis statement, description of performance context, description of informants, an outline of your paper, and a preliminary bibliography (no fewer than 10 sources).

November 28: THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY

December 3-5:  Conferences with Saltzman

December 12:

Final papers (includes proposal, fieldnotes, analysis, bibliography) are due in class

Final exam review.