Journal of American Folklore

Academic journal on American folklore

Academic journal
Journal of American Folklore
DisciplineFolklore
LanguageEnglish
Edited byLisa Girman
Publication details
History1888–present
Publisher
University of Illinois Press for the American Folklore Society (United States)
FrequencyQuarterly
Standard abbreviations
ISO 4 (alt) · Bluebook (alt1 · alt2)
NLM (alt) · MathSciNet (alt Paid subscription required)
ISO 4J. Am. Folk.
Indexing
CODEN (alt · alt2) · JSTOR (alt) · LCCN (alt)
MIAR · NLM (alt) · Scopus
ISSN0021-8715 (print)
1535-1882 (web)
LCCN2002-227249
JSTOR00218715
OCLC no.67084841
Links
  • Journal homepage
  • Online access
  • Journal page at society website

The Journal of American Folklore is a peer-reviewed academic journal published by the American Folklore Society. The journal has been published since the society's founding in 1888.[1] Since 2003, this has been published at the University of Illinois Press. It publishes on a quarterly schedule and incorporates scholarly articles, essays, and notes relating to its field. It also includes reviews of books, exhibitions and events.

Editors

The following people have been editor-in-chief of the journal:[2]

  • William Wells Newell (1888–1899), vols. 1–12
  • Alexander Francis Chamberlain (1900–1907), vols. 13–20
  • Franz Boas (1908–1924), vols. 21–37
  • Ruth Fulton Benedict (1925–1939), vols. 38–52
  • Gladys Reichard (1940), vol.53
  • Archer Taylor (1941), vol. 54
  • Erminie Wheeler-Voegelin (1942–1946), vols. 55–59
  • Wayland Debs Hand (1947–1951), vols. 60–64
  • Katharine Luomala (1952–1953), vols. 65–66
  • Thomas A. Sebeok (1954–1958), vols. 67–71
  • Richard M. Dorson (1959–1963), vols. 72–76
  • John Greenway (1964–1968), vols. 77–81
  • Américo Paredes (1969–1973), vols. 82–86
  • Barre Toelken (1974–1976), vols. 87–89
  • Jan Harold Brunvand (1977–1980), vols. 90–93
  • Richard Bauman (1981–1985), vols. 94–98
  • Bruce Jackson (1986–1990), vols. 99–103
  • Burt Feintuch (1991–1995), vols. 104–108
  • Jack Santino (1996–2000), 109–113
  • Elaine J. Lawless (2000–2005), vols. 114–118
  • Harris M. Berger and Giovanna P. Del Negro (2006–2010), vols. 119–123
  • Thomas A. DuBois and James P. Leary (2011–2015), vols. 124–128[3]
  • Ann K. Ferrell (2016–2020), vols. 129–133[4]
  • Lisa Gilman (2021– ), vol. 134– [5]

References

  1. ^ "American Folklore Society". American Council of Learned Societies. Retrieved October 18, 2019.
  2. ^ Journal of American Folklore, Centennial Index, Vol. 101, No. 402, pp.20–49
  3. ^ "Editor & AFS Contact Information: Journal of American Folklore" Archived 2021-07-28 at the Wayback Machine, Retrieved 26 April 2013.
  4. ^ "Editor & AFS Contact Information: Journal of American Folklore" Archived 2021-07-28 at the Wayback Machine, Retrieved 22 January 2019.
  5. ^ "Editor & AFS Contact Information". Journal of American Folklore.

External links

  • Official website


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