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Folklore : EJF 85
Articles in the 85th issue of Folklore: Electronic Journal of Folklore discuss very diverse topics from authors all over the worl: Ruihui Han (China) dwells upon the concept of guanxi; Jordi Ardanuy (Spain) is dedicated to simiots; Imomotimi Armstrong (Nigeria) presents a cultural analysis of the female genital cutting ritual among the Ịjọ in the Niger Delta region; Stefan Danerek (Sweden) examines the Palu’e (Eastern Indonesia) Tata liba ceremony for reconciliation and healing; Luis J. Tosina Fernández (Spain) analyses A Song of Ice and Fire: A Game of Thrones, by George R. R. Martin, in relation to the author’s use of proverbs; Jurgita Ūsaitytė (Lithuania) discusses personal songbooks as imprints of identity in the nineteenth-century Lithuanian written culture.
Merle Talvik, Taimi Tulva, Ülle Ernits, and Kristi Puusepp (Estonia) examine, retrospectively, the nursing queen archetype (based on Florence Nightingale) in the context of changes in Estonian society. Mykhailo Rakhno (Ukraine) deals with plot elements of Gothic origin present in Ukrainian folk legends and other prose works. Mehari Yimulaw Gebregeorgis (Ethiopia) discusses gender role perceptions in selected South-African folktales, interpreting them, using narrative analysis.
As a practical viewpoint, Irina Sedakova and Irina Stahl give an overview of the new webinar series of the SIEF Ritual Year Working Group, aand other activities.
The issue also offers an overview of a school lore competition for Canadian Estonians and two book reviews.
Folklore: EJF is a peer-reviewed open access academic journal published since 1996 and the current issue is available online at http://www.folklore.ee/folklore/vol85.
