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| Readings |
| Excerpt as noted, all books are for sale at Student Stores and U.B.E., and are on reserve in Joyner Library. |
| No Mind Is Too Small to Sit on the Wall: Readings for American Folklore [only at U.B.E.] |
| The Anguish of Snails: Native American Folklore in the West |
| The Vanishing Hitchhiker: American Urban Legends and Their Meanings |
| Wisconsin Folklife: A Celebration of Wisconsin Tradition |
| Films, Videos, and Slide Series from among the following |
| excerpts from The Story of English |
| student produced videos on the Pactolus Light, Acid Park, Greenville Toy Run |
| Campfire Tales |
| A Singing Stream: A Black Family Chronicle |
| Fixin' to Tell About Jack: Orville Hicks, Storyteller |
| That Little Medicine Thing: Mrs. Emma Dupree, Herbalist |
| Against the Tide: The Story of the Cajun People of Louisiana |
| La Ofrenda (The Day of the Dead) |
| Dance for a Chicken: Cajun Mardi Gras |
| "Anything I Catch..." The Handfishing Story |
Slide series: Biker Folklife, Birder Folklife, Basic Concepts in Folklife |
| Web Sites and Readings On-line |
| How Urban Legends Work |
| Required Readings on Reserve at Joyner Library |
| Baldwin, Karen, ed. No Mind Is Too Small To Sit On The Wall: Readings For ECU American |
| Brunvand, Jan. "The Field Of Folklore" |
| ____. "Folk Groups: Bearers of American Folk Tradition" |
| ____. "The Study of Folklore" |
| Sutton, Laura. "Lydia Lives at the Jamestown bridge: A 'Vanishing Hitchhiker' in North Carolina" |
| Additional Readings on Reserve at Joyner Library |
| Abrahams, Roger D. Afro-American Folktales: Stories From Black Traditions In The New World |
| Ancelet, Barry Jean. Cajun And Creole Folktales: The French Oral Tradition Of South Louisiana |
| Baker, Ronald L. Humorous Folktales From Indiana |
| Brunvand, Jan. The Choking Doberman and Other "New" Urban Legends |
| ____. The Vanishing Hitchhiker: American Urban Legends and Their Meaning |
| Burrison, John A. Storytellers: Folktales & Legends From The South |
| Campbell, Marie. Tales From The Cloud Walking Country |
| Dorson, Richard. American Folklore |
| ____. Buying The Wind: Regional Folklore in the United States |
| ____.Land of The Millrats |
| Fleming, Robert Loren. The Big Book of Urban Legends: Adapted from the Works of Jan Harold Brunvand |
| Gutierrez, C. Paige. Cajun Foodways |
| Ives, Edward D. The Tape- Recorded Interview: A Manual for Field Workers in Folklore and Oral History |
| Jones, Bessie. Step It Down: Games, Plays, Songs and Stories from the Afro-American Heritage |
| Kirkland, Mathews, Sullivan & Baldwin, eds. Herbal and Magical Medicine: Traditional Healing Today |
| Knapp, Herbert & Mary. One Potato, Two Potato...: The Secret Education of American Children |
| Mullen, Patrick B. I Heard The Old Fisherman Say: Folklore of The Texas Gulf Coast |
| Musick, Ruth Ann. Green Hills Of Magic; West Virginia Folktales From Europe |
| Paredes, Americo. Folklore and Culture on the Texas-Mexican Border |
| Zeitlin, Steven J. A Celebration of American Family Folklore |