Annual Southwest/Texas Popular Culture Association
and Southwest/Texas American Cultutre Association
Sheraton Old Town Hotel
800 Rio Grande Blvd.
Albuquerque, New Mexico 87104
ph.: 1.800.237.2133 or 1.505.843.6300
March 7-10 2001
The FOLKLORE area solicits papers from graduate students, professors, folklorists, writers and other aficionados of all things folklore. Also welcome are proposals for slide shows, video presentations, musical presentations, and dramatic presentations.
Suggested topics include, but are not limited to:
- Regional folkore
- Mexican American folklore
- Legends
- Songs
- Ballads and corridos
- Festivals
- Proverbs, riddles, rhymes, and folk poetry
- Crafts
- Tales of: saints, heroes, villians, martyrs, etc.
- Beliefs and superstitions
- Folk games
- Folk foods
- Folk speech and naming
- Folk drama and dance
- Folk narratives
- Folk customs and festivals
and potpourri
Please send a 150 word abstract, including title, to me by 10 January 2001 at address below.
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