Western Folklore back issues from January 2004:
Introduction
Jan 01, 2004; ... Humans, forever dissatisfied, continually venture toward quests for a more abundant quality of living whether that be psychological, intellectual, physical, or material. Striving and pushing after one thing or another lures us on, stresses us for better or worse, and pleasures us. Hunting and ...
Ritual Identity: Hunting and Feasting in Utah and Southeastern Idaho
Jan 01, 2004; ... Stalking wild game in Utah and Idaho for food and pleasure is an ancient, ritualistic pursuit that has changed significantly both in method and purpose over time. Like the rest of the United States, both the land and the people have metamorphosed time and time again. Long ago, the land was ...
Picturing Hunting
Jan 01, 2004; ... Shadow texts stalk hunting snapshots. "Shadow texts" is the phrase rhetorical critic Barry Brummett (1991) uses to name the familiar texts we bring to our experiences with new texts. Shadow texts help determine-perhaps they overdetermine-our understandings of the newly encountered text. The ...
The Animal Prop: Animals as Play Objects in Dutch Folkloristic Games1
Jan 01, 2004; ... In 1871, the Dutch cultural historian Jan ter Gouw published his book The Folk Pastimes, which remains to this day the most cited survey of Dutch celebrations and recreations. Diverse festivities and leisure activities, from Christmas, Saint Nicolas and April Fool's to ice skating, village fairs ...
"This Is Why We Hunt": Social-Psychological Meanings of the Traditions and Rituals of Deer Camp
Jan 01, 2004; ... The opening of buck season is predictable in Pennsylvania. It arrives on Monday following Thanksgiving, andjust in case one forgets, school closings and splashy front-page coverage in newspapers serve as reminders. Its occurrence after the ritual celebration of nature's bounty, America's ...
Hunting for Meaning: How Characterization Reveals Standards for Behavior in Family Folklore
Jan 01, 2004; ... From my earliest memories until the present, my father has been an active participant in the Utah deer hunt. He packs his gear-tents, lanterns, rifles, food coolers, coats, and thick bedding-and disappears for ten or twelve days, only to return smelling of smoke, sweat, and dirt. Most often ...
Foxhunting Folkways under Fire and the Crisis of Traditional Moral Knowledge
Jan 01, 2004; ... MEET MARTIN THORNTON, HUNTSMAN Over a pint at the Plough Inn in Stathern village, Lincolnshire, Huntsman Martin Thornton lowers his voice and begins to speak with intense reverence about the best kind of day in the life he loves. In a side room, skittles clatter and voices cheer as the ...
Elitism, Keeping Secrets, and Fly Fishing in Utah
Jan 01, 2004; ... I first began fly fishing in 1997. I took a night class at the local community college to learn how to cast, but soon learned that this most elegant and obvious element of the sport was the least of my worries. I didn't know anything about flies, or what is known as "presentation," and I ...