John E . Price

Pennsylvania State University, Harrisburg, American Studies/Humanities, Alumnus

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PhD, American Studies, Penn State Harrisburg and Editor-in-Chief, New Directions in Folklore
Supervisors: Simon Bronner (PSU) and John Vlach (GWU)

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Folklore Rules: A Fun, Quick, and Useful Introduction to the Field of Academic Folklore Studies. Lynne S. McNeill. Boulder, CO: Utah State University Press, 2013. 90 pages. $24.95 cloth; $20.00 ebook

New Directions in Folklore, 2014

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Editor's Introduction, Vol. 16.1 (2018)

New Directions in Folklore, 2018

Push the envelope; watch it bend." M. J. Keenan, Lateralus (2001) Among the larger world of folkl... more Push the envelope; watch it bend." M. J. Keenan, Lateralus (2001) Among the larger world of folklore scholars and enthusiasts, New Directions in Folklore serves a distinct role. We are, if you'll forgive the conceit, tasked with representing the leading edge of the field. Our community of editors, contributors, and readers actively seek out and engage with research topics in new ways, from new angles, and often bring to the

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Introduction to the Special Issue "The Folk Awakens: Star Wars and Folkloristics"

New Directions in Folklore, 2017

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Digital Thunderdome: Performing Identity and Creating Community in a Facebook World

This essay presents an online community in the context of the larger performance of digital ident... more This essay presents an online community in the context of the larger performance of digital identity that has become somewhat common in recent years. Through the application of folkloristic methodologies, the paper examines the creation and evolution of a new community that pushes traditional understandings of how folk groups are conceptualized and analyzed. As shown here, the digital community exists in a hybridized and fractured limbo, yet is still bound by the premodern rules of folkloric boundaries that folklorists have studied and identified for generations.

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Folklore Rules: A Fun, Quick, and Useful Introduction to the Field of Academic Folklore Studies. Lynne S. McNeill. Boulder, CO: Utah State University Press, 2013. 90 pages. $24.95 cloth; $20.00 ebook

New Directions in Folklore, 2014

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Editor's Introduction, Vol. 16.1 (2018)

New Directions in Folklore, 2018

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Introduction to the Special Issue "The Folk Awakens: Star Wars and Folkloristics"

New Directions in Folklore, 2017

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Digital Thunderdome: Performing Identity and Creating Community in a Facebook World

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