Journal of Folklore Research

Journal of Folklore Research  
Former names
 'Hoosier Folklore Bulletin, Hoosier Folklore, Midwest Folklore, Journal of the Folklore Institute'
Abbreviated title (ISO 4)
 J. Folklore Res.
Discipline Folklore, ethnomusicology
Language English
Edited by Michael Foster (academic)
Publication details
Publisher
Indiana University Press (United States)
Publication history
 1942-present
Frequency Triannually
Indexing
ISSN 0737-7037 (print)
1543-0413 (web)
LCCN 84640704
OCLC no. 51288821
JSTOR 07377037
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The Journal of Folklore Research: An International Journal of Folklore and Ethnomusicology is a peer-reviewed academic journal of folklore, folklife, and ethnomusicology. Published by Indiana University Press, the journal is an international forum for current theory and research among scholars of traditional culture. Its pages include incisive examinations of vernacular or traditional expressive forms, as well as essays that address the fieldwork experience and the intellectual history of folklore and ethnomusicology studies.[1]

History

The journal was established in 1942 as the Hoosier Folklore Bulletin and continued in 1945 as Hoosier Folklore.[2] It was renamed in 1951 as Midwest Folklore (ISSN 0544-0750)[3][4] and continued from 1964 to 1983 under Richard Dorson as the Journal of the Folklore Institute (ISSN 0015-5934).[5] Since July 2002, the Journal of Folklore Research has been published and distributed by the Indiana University Press [6]

The Journal of Folklore Research is run through the Department of Folklore and Ethnomusicology at Indiana University Bloomington. Following Richard Dorson, prominent scholars in folkloristics have historically served as editors of the journal, including Mary Ellen Brown, John Holmes McDowell, Moira Smith, Judah Cohen, and Jason Baird Jackson. Ray Cashman is scheduled to become the next editor of the publication.

The Journal of Folklore Research also publishes reviews of recently published scholarly works in folkloristics and ethnomusicology. These reviews are not published in the print version of the journal but are published exclusively online and are freely available without a subscription.

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in MLA Bibliography, Humanities Abstracts, EBSCO databases, Arts and Humanities Citation Index, Current Contents/Arts & Humanities, Social Sciences Citation Index, International Bibliography of Social Science, Humanities Index, and ProQuest.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "Journal of Folklore Research". scholarworks.iu.edu. Retrieved 2016-03-10.
  2. ↑ "Hoosier Folklore". Library of Congress. Retrieved 2010-07-31.
  3. ↑ "Midwest Folklore". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 2010-07-31.
  4. ↑ "Midwest Folklore". Library of Congress. Retrieved 2010-07-31.
  5. ↑ "Journal of the Folklore Institute". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 2010-07-31.
  6. ↑ "Folklore Journals". American Folklore Society.
  7. ↑ "Journal of Folklore Research - Abstracting". Indiana University Press. Retrieved 2010-07-31.

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