Western Folklore

Framing Folklore: An Introduction
Simon J. Bronner

Accounting for Jokes: Jocular Performance in a Critical Age
Gary Alan Fine and Christine Wood

The Athlete, the Doctor, and the Patient: Framing the Game Against the Odds
Richard Raspa

Jay Mechling, Margaret Mead, Masculinities, and Me
Donna M. Lanclos

The Political Lives of Avatars: Play and Democracy in Virtual Worlds
Kimberly J. Lau

The Ape that Captured Time: Folklore, Narrative, and the Human-Animal Divide
Tok Thompson

Mark Allen Jackson, Prophet Singer: The Voice and Vision of Woody Guthrie
Reviewed by Guy Logsdon

William H. Beezley, Mexican National Identity: Memory, Innuendo, and Popular Culture
Reviewed by Sydney Hutchinson

Mikel J. Koven, Film, Folklore and Urban Legends
Reviewed by Gustavo Ponce

M. Heather Carver and Elaine J. Lawless, Troubling Violence: A Performance Project
Reviewed by Annie Tucker

Eric A. Eliason, The J. Golden Kimball Stories
Reviewed by Sally Haueter-Rampe

Frank de Caro, Editor, The Folklore Muse: Poetry, Fiction, and Other Reflections by Folklorists
Reviewed by Sandra K. Dolby

Jualynne E. Dodson, Sacred Spaces and Religious Traditions in Oriente Cuba
Reviewed by Lisa Rathje

Jonathan D. Hill, Made-from-Bone: Trickster Myths, Music, and History from the Amazon
Reviewed by John H. McDowell

Laurence A. Rickels, The Devil Notebooks
Reviewed by Bill Ellis

Lynn Salsi, The Life and Times of Ray Hicks: Keeper of the Jack Tales
Reviewed by Lucy M. Long

Domino Renee Perez, There Was a Woman: La Llorona from Folklore to Popular Culture
Reviewed by Norma E. Cantú

Jo-ann Archibald / Q’um Q’um Xiiem, Indigenous Storywork: Educating the Heart, Mind, Body, and Spirit
Reviewed by Margaret Read MacDonald