In this Issue

Table of Contents

From the Editor

Elaine J. Lawless
p. 395
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/jaf.2001.0036
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Articles

"Bring Me the Head of James Macpherson": The Execution of Ossian and the Wellsprings of Folkloristic Discourse

James Porter
pp. 396-435
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/jaf.2001.0042
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Observations on the Ossianesque in Medieval Irish Literature and Modern Irish Folklore

Joseph Falaky Nagy
pp. 436-446
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/jaf.2001.0040
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The Fieldwork Legacy of James Macpherson

Thomas A. McKean
pp. 447-463
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/jaf.2001.0038
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"Rude Bard of the North": James Macpherson and the Folklore of Democracy

Valentina Bold
pp. 464-477
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/jaf.2001.0026
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Sound Review

Folk Revival Roots Still Evident in 1990s Recordings of San Francisco Psychedelic Veterans

Craig Morrison
pp. 478-488
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/jaf.2001.0039
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Film Reviews

Unraveling the Stories: Quilts as a Reflection of Our Lives (review)

Laurel Horton
pp. 489-490
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/jaf.2001.0035
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Barbie Nation: An Unauthorized Tour (review)

Jeannie B. Thomas
pp. 490-491
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/jaf.2001.0043
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Book Reviews

Tommy McGinty's Northern Tutchone Story of Crow: A First Nation Elder Recounts the Creation of the World (review)

Cynthea L. Ainsworth
pp. 492-493
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/jaf.2001.0022
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Gods of the City (review)

Richard W. Anderson
pp. 493-495
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/jaf.2001.0023
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Teaching Oral Traditions (review)

Margaret H. Beissinger
pp. 495-496
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/jaf.2001.0024
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New Tales for Old: Folktales as Literary Fictions for Young Adults (review)

Betty J. Belanus
pp. 496-497
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/jaf.2001.0025
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Deadhead Social Science: You Ain't Gonna Learn What You Don't Want to Know (review)

Revell Carr
pp. 497-498
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/jaf.2001.0027
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Fire in My Bones: Transcendence and the Holy Spirit in African American Gospel (review)

Jonathan C. David
pp. 499-500
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/jaf.2001.0028
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Che Bella Figura!: The Power of Performance in an Italian Ladies' Club in Chicago (review)

Giovanna Del Negro
pp. 500-501
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/jaf.2001.0029
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Polish-American Folklore (review)

James I. Deutsch
pp. 501-502
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/jaf.2001.0030
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Traditional Storytelling Today: An International Sourcebook (review)

De Vos, Gail, 1949-
pp. 502-504
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/jaf.2001.0031
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Folk Linguistics (review)

James R. Dow
pp. 504-505
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/jaf.2001.0032
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The Grateful Dead: The History of a Folk Story (review)

D. Felton
pp. 505-506
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/jaf.2001.0033
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Thesauros Neoellenikon Ainigmaton (review)

William F. Hansen
p. 506
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/jaf.2001.0021
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Poetique de conte: essai sur le conte de tradition orale (review)

Lee Haring
pp. 507-508
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/jaf.2001.0034
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The Myth of Matriarchal Prehistory: Why an Invented Past Won't Give Women a Future (review)

Rebecca Maksel
pp. 508-509
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/jaf.2001.0037
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Ballads, Songs and Snatches: The Appropriation of Folk Song and Popular Culture in British Nineteenth-Century Realist Prose (review)

Gerald Porter
pp. 510-511
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/jaf.2001.0041
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Star Trek and Sacred Ground: Explorations of Star Trek, Religion, and American Culture (review)

Theresa A. Vaughan
pp. 511-512
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/jaf.2001.0044
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Hex Signs: Pennsylvania Dutch Barn Symbols and Their Meaning (review)

Elizabeth Wein
pp. 512-513
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/jaf.2001.0045
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Alas, Poor Ghost! Traditions of Belief in Story and Discourse (review)

Elizabeth Wein
pp. 513-514
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/jaf.2001.0046
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