Individual and Tradition

Ray Cashman is Associate Professor of English and Folklore Studies at Ohio State University and author of Storytelling on the Northern Irish Border (IUP). Tom Mould is Associate Professor of Anthropology and director of PERCS, the Program for Ethnographic Research and Community Studies, at Elon University. He is author of Choctaw Prophecy: A Legacy of the Future and Choctaw Tales. Pravina Shukla is Associate Professor of Folklore and Ethnomusicology at Indiana University Bloomington and author of The Grace of Four Moons (IUP).

"[This] volume is a significant contribution to the field as well as a useful tool for teaching and research."—Journal of American Folklore"This book is strongly recommended to anyone interested in vernacular traditions and their re-creation in the individual imagination"—Journal of Folklore Research

• Introduction: The Individual and TraditionRay Cashman, Tom Mould, and Pravina ShuklaEntering Tradition: Kim Ellington, Catawba Valley PotterCharles G. ZugDelight in Skill: The Stone Carvers' ArtMarjorie HuntThe "Talking Machine Story Teller": Cal Stewart and the Remediation of StorytellingRichard BaumanChief Ovia Idah: Bricoleur of Benin City and a Star for All TimesPhilip M. PeekPlace Matters: A Wooden Boat Builder in the Twenty-First CenturyMaggie HoltzbergA Backdoor into PerformanceTom MouldThe Maintenance of Heritage: Kersti Jobs-Björklöf and Swedish Folk CostumePravina ShuklaThe World of Ogre-Tile Makers: The Onihyaku Line in Hekinan, JapanTakashi TakaharaBringing Them Back: Wanda Aragon and the Revival of Historic Pottery Designs at AcomaKaren M. DuffyArtistic Courage in Small Groups: Identity, Intermediality, and Indian CountryMichael Robert EvansNavigating the Legends of Treasure Island: Narrative, Maps, and the MaterialGreg KelleyFluid Identities: Madame d'Aulnoy, Mother Bunch, and Fairy-Tale HistoryJennifer SchackerCounting the Stars: The Study of Creativity on a Human Scale, or How a Bunch of Cajun and German Farmers and Fabricators in Louisiana Invented a Traditional Amphibious BoatJohn LaudunOn Middle-Range Structures in Heroic EpicWilliam HansenThe Role of Tradition in the Individual: At Work in Donegal with Packy Jim McGrathRay CashmanCustomizing Myth: The Personal in the PublicJohn Holmes McDowellDavid Drake: Potter, Poet, RebelJohn Michael VlachThe Mother's Voice: An Analysis of the Content of Turkish LullabiesIlhan BaşgözContested Performance and Joke AestheticsElliott OringVernacular Interpretation in a Public Folklore Event: Listening to the Call of Florida Fiddlers, ThreeGregory HansenGeorgia Decoy Maker Ernie Mills: A Folk Artist Defines His WorkJohn A. BurrisonRapid TransportationLee HaringWorking Through Tradition: Rug Farming In AnatoliaGeorge JevremovićA Few of My Favorite Things about North Carolina PotteryMark HewittThat's Where I Came In: Henry and His TeachersRobert CochranAt the Black Pig's Dyke and Other Writing: Crossing Borders of Art and TraditionVincent WoodsA Folklorist's Work: Henry Glassie's Life in the FieldRay Cashman, Tom Mould, and Pravina ShuklaAcknowledgmentsTabula GratulatoriaContributorsIndex