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Message from the Editors: Minor Genres?

James P. Leary, Thomas A. DuBois
p. 3
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/jaf.2011.0034
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"It Takes a Village to Change the World": Proverbial Politics and the Ethics of Place

Wolfgang Mieder
pp. 4-28
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/jaf.2011.0028
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The Wisdom of Wizards—and Muggles and Squibs: Proverb Use in the World of Harry Potter

Heather A. Haas
pp. 29-54
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/jaf.2011.0029
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Gestures, Intercorporeity, and the Fate of Phenomenology in Folklore

Katharine Young
pp. 55-87
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/jaf.2011.0030
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"May the Devil Take Your Head and Brain": The Curses of Karpathos, Greece, Social Counterstructures, and the Management of Social Relations

Evangelos Gr. Avdikos
pp. 88-117
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/jaf.2011.0031
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Playing Word Doctor Behind the Barn

Jack Thiessen
pp. 118-122
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/jaf.2011.0032
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Information about Contributors

p. 123
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/jaf.2011.0033
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