The ''Journal of Folklore Research: An International Journal of Folklore and Ethnomusicology'' is a triannual

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covering research on

folklore Folklore is shared by a particular group of people; it encompasses the traditions common to that culture, subculture or group. This includes oral traditions such as tales, legends, proverbs and jokes. They include material culture, ranging ...

, folklife, and

ethnomusicology Ethnomusicology is the study of music from the cultural and social aspects of the people who make it. It encompasses distinct theoretical and methodical approaches that emphasize cultural, social, material, cognitive, biological, and other dim ...

. It was established in 1942 and is published by

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History

The journal was established in 1942 as the ''Hoosier Folklore Bulletin'' and continued in 1945 as ''Hoosier Folklore''. It was renamed in 1951 as ''Midwest Folklore'' () and continued from 1964 to 1983 under Richard Dorson as the ''Journal of the Folklore Institute'' (), obtaining its current name in 1984. Since July 2002, the journal has been published and distributed by th
Indiana University Press
The journal is run by th
Department of Folklore and Ethnomusicology
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. Following Richard Dorson, the following persons have been editors-in-chief of the journal: Mary Ellen Brown,

John Holmes McDowell John Holmes McDowell (born 24 September 1946) is a Professor in the Department of Folklore and Ethnomusicology at Indiana University Bloomington. He also serves as Director of the Diverse Environmentalisms Research Team (DERT) headquartered at Ind ...

, Moira Marsh, Judah Cohen,

Jason Baird Jackson Jason Baird Jackson, Ph.D. (born 1969) is Professor of Folklore and Anthropology at Indiana University Bloomington. He is "an advocate of open access issues and works for scholarly communications and scholarly publishing projects." At IUB, he has s ...

, Michael Foster, and Ray Cashman.

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in the MLA Bibliography, Humanities Abstracts,

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