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- First Timers and Old Timers: The Texas Folklore Society Fire Burns On
- Book
- 2012
- Published by: University of North Texas Press
- Series: Publications of the Texas Folklore Society
summary
The Texas Folklore Society has been alive and kicking for over one hundred years now, and I don’t really think there’s any mystery as to what keeps the organization going strong. The secret to our longevity is simply the constant replenishment of our body of contributors. We are especially fortunate in recent years to have had papers given at our annual meetings by new members—young members, many of whom are college or even high school students. These presentations are oftentimes given during sessions right alongside some of our oldest members. We’ve also had long-time members who’ve been around for years but had never yet given papers; thankfully, they finally took the opportunity to present their research, fulfilling the mission of the TFS: to collect, preserve, and present the lore of Texas and the Southwest. You’ll find in this book some of the best articles from those presentations. The first fruits of our youngest or newest members include Acayla Haile on the folklore of plants. Familiar and well-respected names like J. Rhett Rushing and Kenneth W. Davis discuss folklore about monsters and the classic “widow’s revenge” tale. These works—and the people who produced them—represent the secret behind the history of the Texas Folklore Society, as well as its future.
Table of Contents
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- I. “Back in the Day”: Reflections on Times Passed
- “Growing Up in the Goat Pen”
- pp. 15-22
- “The Wheels of Our Lives”
- pp. 23-28
- “Back Then”
- pp. 29-38
- “A Czech Way of Business”
- pp. 51-58
- II. Texas Music
- “The Music of Ruby Allmond”
- pp. 107-116
- “Songs of the Depression”
- pp. 117-134
- III. Legends in Their Time—and Ours Still
- “The Evolution of a Family Epic”
- pp. 155-162
- “Lon Goldstein and the Gainesville Owls”
- pp. 163-172
- “Russell Lee’s Texas Photographs”
- pp. 173-182
- “Américo Paredes, Border Anthropologist”
- pp. 183-192
- “Sages, Pundits, and Spinners”
- pp. 193-202
- IV. Everything But the Kitchen Sink: Ghosts, Legends, Language, and Other Lore
- “Tip to Tip—Legendary Texas Longhorns”
- pp. 243-254
- “The Aurora Airship Crash of 1897”
- pp. 255-264
- “The Hidfolk of Texas”
- pp. 265-272
- “CURSES! (“!?*#ZX?@”)”
- pp. 273-284
- “Monsters in Texas”
- pp. 285-292
- “High Art versus the Oral Tradition”
- pp. 305-316
- “The Hispanic Shaman”
- pp. 317-324
- Contributors’ Vitas
- pp. 325-336
Additional Information
ISBN
9781574414837
Related ISBN(s)
9781574414714
MARC Record
OCLC
843777449
Pages
400
Launched on MUSE
2013-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No