Journal of Folklore Research
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I. Basic Journal Info

Country

United States

Journal ISSN: 07377037, 15430413

Publisher: Indiana University Press

History: 2002-2021

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Scope/Description:

The study of folklore sometimes called folkloristics has strong ties to the social sciences the humanities and the arts and is often interdisciplinary in its approach to the documentation analysis interpretation and presentation of its subject matter. Generally folklorists are concerned with culture communicated by informal means including oral tradition material culture and customary processes. Ethnomusicology is the study of music of all types and from all cultures exploring the role of music in human life analyzing relationships between music and culture and studying music crossculturally.The Journal of Folklore Research welcomes theoretical and comparative studies on any aspect of folklore folklife and ethnomusicology. Papers should be based on field observation andor analysis of archived or published texts of known provenance. Texts should be treated in their social cultural ethnographic andor historical contexts. Papers should also engage with the scholarly literature in folklore or ethnomusicology.In addition to regular articles we also have the following occasional departmentsEncounters with Folklore briefer accounts of folkloric or ethnomusicological traditions that have not been widely documented before. Ordinarily encounters are ethnographically rich accounts based in fieldwork.Fieldwork and Methodology Notes for shorter pieces that engage with issues and problems in folkloristic and ethnomusicological methodology or practice.Translations articles originally published elsewhere but translated into English.