Latter-day lore Mormon folklore studies / edited and with introductions by Eric A. Eliason and Tom Mould.

Other author Eliason, Eric A. (Eric Alden), 1967-
Other author Mould, Tom, 1969-
Format Electronic
Publication InfoSalt Lake City : The University of Utah Press, [2013]
Descriptionxii, 591 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Supplemental ContentFull text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subjects

Contents Utah Mormons / Richard Dorson -- The Mormon landscape: definition of an image in the American west / Richard V. Francaviglia -- The beehive in Utah folk art / Hal Cannon -- Hay derricks of the Great Basin and Upper Snake River Valley addendum / Austin E. Fife and James M. Fife -- Mormon gravestones: a folk expression of identity and belief / Carol Edison -- A Mormon from the cradle to the grave / Austin E. and Alta Fife -- Now that I've kissed the ground you walk on: a look at gender in creative date invitations / Kristi Bell Young -- Made in heaven: marriage confirmation narratives among Mormons / George H. Schoemaker -- Nameways in Latter-day Saint history, custom, and folklore / Eric A. Eliason -- The beehive buffet / Anne F. Hatch -- Early Mormon "magic": insights from folklore and from literature / David A. Allred -- Freeways, parking lots, and ice cream stands: the Three Nephites in contemporary society / William A. Wilson -- Transformations of power: Mormon women's visionary narratives / Margaret K. Brady -- Narratives of personal revelation among Latter-day Saints / Tom Mould -- The great and dreadful day: Mormon folklore of the apocalypse / Susan Peterson -- Fate and the persecutors of Joseph Smith: transmutations of an American myth / Richard C. Poulsen -- Pioneers and recapitulation in Mormon popular historical expression / Eric A. Eliason -- Orrin Porter Rockwell: the modern Samson / Gustive O. Larson -- The ballad of the "Mountain Meadows massacre" / J. Barre Toelken -- Portraits in song: gleanings from the Brigham Young folk song cycle / Jill Terry Rudy -- As the saints go marching by: modern jokelore concerning Mormons / Jan Harold Brunvand -- Sanpete County humor: the tales and the tellers / Edward A. Geary -- For time and eternity: BYU coed jokes and the seriousness of Mormon humor / Steve Siporin -- Hierarch and mule-skinner: a selection from Mormon country / Wallace Stegner -- On being human: the folklore of Mormon missionaries / William A. Wilson -- Gringo jeringo: anglo Mormon missionary culture in Bolivia / David Knowlton -- "Of course, in Guatemala, bananas are better": exotic and familiar eating experiences of Mormon missionaries / Jill Terry Rudy -- Mormonism, the Maori, and cultural authenticity / Grant Underwood.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 539-579) and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2013025402
ISBN9781607812845 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN9781607812852

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