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Feast as a Mirror of Social and Cultural Changes 宴会是社会文化变迁的一面镜子

FOLKLORICA - Journal of the Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Folklore Association Pub Date : 2022-07-29 DOI: 10.17161/folklorica.v26i.18374

Amina Gabrielova

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We Remember, We Love, We Grieve: Mortuary and Memorial Practice in Contemporary Russia 我们记得，我们爱，我们悲伤:当代俄罗斯的太平间和纪念实践

FOLKLORICA - Journal of the Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Folklore Association Pub Date : 2022-07-29 DOI: 10.17161/folklorica.v26i.18378

S. Mokhov

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Inside Cover 封面里

FOLKLORICA - Journal of the Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Folklore Association Pub Date : 2022-07-28 DOI: 10.17161/folklorica.v26i.18366

Seefa

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Tales of the Narts: Ancient Myths and Legends of the Ossetians 奥塞梯人的古代神话和传说

FOLKLORICA - Journal of the Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Folklore Association Pub Date : 2022-07-22 DOI: 10.17161/folklorica.v25i1.18339

R. Foltz

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Not All Quiet on the Culinary Front: The Battle Over Borshch in Ukraine 烹饪战线上并非完全平静:乌克兰的罗宋汤之战

FOLKLORICA - Journal of the Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Folklore Association Pub Date : 2022-07-22 DOI: 10.17161/folklorica.v25i1.18334

M. Lesiv

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Ethnoculture in the Diaspora: Between Regionalism and Americanization 散居的民族文化:在地域主义与美国化之间

FOLKLORICA - Journal of the Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Folklore Association Pub Date : 2022-07-22 DOI: 10.17161/folklorica.v25i1.18340

T. Gromada

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Hearing Homer’s Song: The Brief Life and Big Idea of Milman Parry 听荷马之歌:米尔曼·派瑞短暂的一生和伟大的思想

FOLKLORICA - Journal of the Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Folklore Association Pub Date : 2022-07-22 DOI: 10.17161/folklorica.v25i1.18341

Dorian Jurić

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Folklore in the United States and Canada: An Institutional History. 美国和加拿大的民俗学:一个制度的历史。

FOLKLORICA - Journal of the Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Folklore Association Pub Date : 2022-07-22 DOI: 10.17161/folklorica.v25i1.18338

M. Carlson

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Revolutionary Kašpárek: The Life Cycle of the Radical Puppet 革命Kašpárek:激进傀儡的生命周期

FOLKLORICA - Journal of the Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Folklore Association Pub Date : 2022-07-22 DOI: 10.17161/folklorica.v25i1.18331

Cheryl Stephenson

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Co-editor's Introduction to the Folklorica Special Issue “Folklore and Protest I” 《民俗学》特刊《民俗学与抗议ⅰ》编者简介

FOLKLORICA - Journal of the Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Folklore Association Pub Date : 2022-07-22 DOI: 10.17161/folklorica.v25i1.18330

J. rouhier-willoughby, M. Lesiv

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