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Jan. 9 | Call for papers: Identities and Technocultures
A 2-day conference about American culture and technologies that examines how new technologies dominate and define Americaness in the US and abroad. Co-sponsored by the University of Iowa Center for Ethnic Studies and the Arts (CESA) and the Mid-America American Studies Association (MAASA).
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Griff, Hanna. "'A Life of Any Worth': Life Histories of Retired Brandeis University Faculty," Department of Folklore and American Studies, Indiana University, February 1994.
This dissertation examines the life histories of retired Brandeis University professors as host to the many genres of folklore. Life history is egocentric: the teller presents it imbedded in the current of his/her own life and the facts of this life are biased by his/her views. I look at this “hodgepodge” of stories that many scholars propose to edit and present the texts as performed to me: as an oral text, responding to a prepared questionnaire; as the product of an analytic conversation between folklorist and informant; and as spontaneous narration, where the folklorist tries to minimize his/her influence on the natural context and allows the informant free expression.
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