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  1. Folklore and the Search for Home (American Folklore Society Presidential Invited Plenary Address, October 2008)
  2. Ruth Behar
  3. pp. 251-266
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/jaf.0.0099
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  1. Talking Tools, Suffering Servants, and Defecating Men: The Power of Storytelling in Maithil Women's Tales
  2. Coralynn V. Davis
  3. pp. 267-296
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/jaf.0.0101
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  1. Representations of African American Quiltmaking: From Omission to High Art
  2. Teri Klassen
  3. pp. 297-334
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/jaf.0.0102
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  1. Genre, Agency, and Meaning in the Analysis of Complex Performances: The Case of a Malawian Political Rally
  2. Lisa Gilman
  3. pp. 335-362
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/jaf.0.0095
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  1. John L. Handcox: Songs, Poems, and Stories of the Southern Tenant Farmers Union (review)
  2. Ronald D. Cohen
  3. pp. 363-364
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/jaf.0.0096
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  1. Quilts in Common, and: Nancy Crow: Cloth, Culture, and Context (review)
  2. Gwendolyn K. Meister
  3. pp. 365-366
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/jaf.0.0097
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  1. Why Fairy Tales Stick: The Evolution and Relevance of a Genre (review)
  2. Ruth B. Bottigheimer
  3. pp. 367-370
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/jaf.0.0098
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  1. Information about Contributors
  2. p. 371
  3. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/jaf.0.0100
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