Folklorica 2008

[nataliek at UALBERTA.CA]

The 2008 issue of Folklorica, the journal of the Slavic and East  
European Folklore Association has gone to the printers and will be  
mailed out shortly.
The table of contents folllows.  To join SEEFA and receive a copy of  
Folklorica, contact Jeanmarie Rouhier-Willoughby at jrouhie at uky.edu.


FOLKLORICA
Journal of the Slavic and East European Folklore Association
(Formerly SEEFA Journal)
2008, Vol. XIII

Contents
 From the Editor						v

Articles

Knowledge, Science, and the Scientist in Contemporary Mythology:  A  
Study of Quasi-Scientific Narratives Collected from People Involved in  
Russian Religious Organizations
Maria Akhmetova 					1

The Secret Knowledge of Folk Healers in Macedonian Traditional Culture
Vesna Petreska						25

Pilgrimage, Mourning, and Tradition: Commemorative Rituals and  
Material Responses to the Death of John Paul II in Poland
Michal Mlynarz						51

Cossack Treasure in Ukrainian Folk Legends
Roman I. Shiyan						75

Traditional Customs of Russian Old Believers in Woodburn, Oregon
Elena Razumovskaya					97

The Devastation of Soviet Local Studies and Folkloristics
T. G. Ivanova						115

The Kobza and the Bandura: A Study in Similarities and Contrasts
Andrij Hornjatkevyč					129


Reports

Practical Methods of Folklore and Ethnographic Research in Ukraine
Maryna Hrymych						145

The “Local Culture and Diversity on the Prairies” Project
Nadya Foty and Andriy Nahachewsky			155

Using Digital Techniques with Interviews
Natalie Kononenko 					167

Challenges in Collecting Data from Family Sources.
Monica Kindraka-Jensen					173

Reviews

Stefan Arvidsson.  Aryan Idols:  Indo-European Mythology as Ideology  
and Science
Maria Carlson						179

В.С.  
Кузнецова,  
О.Н. Лагута и  
А.М.  
Лаврентьев  
(ред.).  
Русские  
простонародные легенды и рассказы. Сборник 1861 г. [V. S. Kuznetsova, O. N. Laguta, and A. M. Lavrent’ev (eds.). Russian Folk Legends and Stories. A Collection of  
1861.]
Andreas Johns						183

Natalie Kononenko: Slavic Folklore. A Handbook (Greenwood Folklore Handbooks).
Jack V. Haney						186

Donna A. Buchanan (ed.). Balkan Popular Culture and the Ottoman  
Ecumene: Music, Image, and Regional Political Discourse
Huseyin Oylupinar 					189

Roman Paul Fodchuk. Zhorna: Material Culture of the Ukrainian Pioneers.
Nadya Foty						194

Christine D. Worobec. Possessed: Women, Witches, and Demons in  
Imperial Russia.
Svitlana P. Kukharenko					197

Лариса  
Фьялкова.   
Коли гори  
сходяться:  
нарис  
українсько-ізраїлських фольклорних взаємин [Larisa Fialkova.  When Mountains Meet: A Study of Ukrainian-Israeli Folklore  
Connections]
Natalie Kononenko 					200

О. В. Белова,  
Этнокультурные стереотипы в славянской народной традиции. [O.V. Belova. Ethnocultural Stereotypes in the Slavic Folk  
Tradition]
Maria Yelenevskaya and Larisa Fialkova


Natalie Kononenko
Kule Chair of Ukrainian Ethnography
University of Alberta
Modern Languages and Cultural Studies
200 Arts Building
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2E6
Phone: 780-492-6810
Web: http://www.arts.ualberta.ca/uvp/

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