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Special Issue: Folklore, Comics, and Graphic Storytelling
Special Issue Editors: Erin Kathleen Bahl and Andy Kolovos
The Journal of American Folklore is the official journal of the American Folklore Society and presents recent scholarship by AFS members and scholars in allied fields. AFS, founded in 1889, is an organization of folklorists with over l, 000 members in the US, Canada, and other countries throughout the world. The journal regularly publishes book, film, and exhibit reviews as well as articles on expressive culture and how groups make meaning through interactive activities.
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Volume 138, Number 550, Fall 2025Table of Contents
Part 1: Folklore in Comics
pp. 405-419
pp. 420-432
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View They Who Build Monstresses: Tracing Folkloric and Literary Monster Motifs in E. M. Carroll's When I Arrived at the Castle
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pp. 433-443
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Part II: Comics as Tools for Research and Representation
pp. 444-457
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View No, You Can't Just Draw Cats: Drawing and Thinking About Gender-Diverse Human Bodies in Comics-Based Research
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Part III: Cartooning as Vernacular Practice
pp. 468-479
pp. 480-490
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pp. 491-499
Part IV: Perspectives: Comics and Folklore in the Community and Classroom
pp. 503-516
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View rending and mending heARTs: Joy, Aesthetic Expression, Creative Pedagogy, and Collaborative Representation
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pp. 517-528
Obituary
Book Reviews
pp. 533-534
pp. 535-536
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View Getting Something to Eat in Jackson: Race, Class, and Food in the American South by Joseph C. Ewoodzie, Jr. (review)
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pp. 536-537
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| ISSN | 1535-1882 |
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| Print ISSN | 0021-8715 |
| Launched on MUSE | 2025-10-02 |
| Open Access | No |
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