The Journal of American Folklore
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Journal of American Folklore, the quarterly journal of the American Folklore Society since the Society's founding in 1888, publishes scholarly articles, essays, notes, and commentaries directed to a wide audience, as well as separate sections devoted to reviews of books, exhibitions and events, sound recordings, film and videotapes, and to obituaries. The contents of the Journal reflect a wide range of professional concerns and theoretical orientations. Articles present significant research findings and theoretical analyses from folklore and related fields. Essays are interpretive, speculative, or polemic. Notes are narrower in scope and focus on a single, often provocative, issue of definition, interpretation, or amplication. Brief commentaries address these topics.

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2010s
  1. 2018 (Vol. 131)
    1. No. 522 Fall 2018 pp. 371-511
    2. No. 521 Summer 2018 pp. 247-368
    3. No. 520 Spring 2018 pp. 127-243
    4. No. 519 Winter 2018 pp. 1-123
  2. 2017 (Vol. 130)
    1. No. 518 Fall 2017 pp. 377-500
    2. No. 517 Summer 2017 pp. 255-374
    3. No. 516 Spring 2017 pp. 129-252
    4. No. 515 Winter 2017 pp. 1-125
  3. 2016 (Vol. 129)
    1. No. 514 Fall 2016 pp. 381-502
    2. No. 513 Summer 2016 pp. 253-376
    3. No. 512 Spring 2016 pp. 125-250
    4. No. 511 Winter 2016 pp. 1-124
  4. 2015 (Vol. 128)
    1. No. 510 Fall 2015 pp. 371-3437
    2. No. 509 Summer 2015 pp. 245-370
    3. No. 508 Spring 2015 pp. 123-243
    4. No. 507 Winter 2015 pp. 1-122
  5. 2014 (Vol. 127)
    1. No. 506 Fall 2014 pp. 363-484
    2. No. 505 Summer 2014 pp. 245-361
    3. No. 504 Spring 2014 pp. 121-245
    4. No. 503 Winter 2014 pp. 1-120
  6. 2013 (Vol. 126)
    1. No. 502 Fall 2013 pp. 359-485
    2. No. 501 Summer 2013 pp. 243-357
    3. No. 500 Spring 2013 pp. 115-241
    4. No. 499 Winter 2013 pp. 1-113
  7. 2012 (Vol. 125)
    1. No. 498 Fall 2012 pp. 387-511
    2. No. 497 Summer 2012 pp. 261-386
    3. No. 496 Spring 2012 pp. 137-260
    4. No. 495 Winter 2012 pp. 1-136
  8. 2011 (Vol. 124)
    1. No. 494 Fall 2011 pp. 249-367
    2. No. 493 Summer 2011 pp. 125-248
    3. No. 492 Apr. 15, 2011 pp. 1-123
    4. No. 491 Jan. 15, 2011 pp. 3-125
  9. 2010 (Vol. 123)
    1. No. 490 Fall 2010 pp. 373-498
    2. No. 489 Summer 2010 pp. 251-371
    3. No. 488 Spring 2010 pp. 127-248
    4. No. 487 Winter 2010 pp. 3-126
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