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Elaine J. Lawless

January 01, 1970

Elaine J Lawless (born 1947) is an American folklorist. She is Curators' Professor Emerita of English and Folklore Studies at the University of Missouri.[1] In 2008 she was elected president of the American Folklore Society.

Education edit

Lawless gained a Ph.D. from Indiana University in 1982. Her thesis title was 'Women's speech in the Pentecostal religious service: an ethnography' .[2]

Career edit

Lawless is the author of 10 academic books and numerous articles.

Lawless's research has been in the fields of folklore studies, women's and gender studies, and religious studies. Her work has included studies of Pentecostalism; work on women's literature and women's narratives; human rights, social justice and violence against women.[1]

She has also co-produced two documentary films: Joy Unspeakable (with Elizabeth Peterson)[3] and Taking Pinhook (2014) (with Todd Lawrence).[4]

In 2003, she founded and was the producer of the Troubling Violence Performance Project, with Professor Heather Carver of the University of Missouri Theatre Department.[1] 

Recognition edit

Between 2000 and 2005 Lawless was editor of the Journal of American Folklore.[5] Lawless served as President of the American Folklore Society (AFS) from 2008 to 2009.[6]  

In 2019, Lawless and Tim Lawrence received the AFS's Chicago Folklore Prize (for the best book of folklore scholarship of the year), for their book: When They Blew the Levee: Race, Politics, and Community in Pinhook, Missouri.[7]

A travel award from the Folk Belief and Religious Folklife Section of the AFS is named in Lawless's honour.[8]

Selected publications edit

Articles and chapters edit

  • Lawless, Elaine J. (1985). "Oral "Character" and "Literary" Art: A Call for a New Reciprocity between Oral Literature and Folklore". Western Folklore. 44 (2): 77–96. doi:10.2307/1499554. ISSN 0043-373X.
  • Lawless, Elaine J. (1987). "Piety and Motherhood: Reproductive Images and Maternal Strategies of the Woman Preacher". The Journal of American Folklore. 100 (398): 469–478. doi:10.2307/540906. ISSN 0021-8715.
  • Lawless, Elaine J. (1988). ""The Night I Got the Holy Ghost...": Holy Ghost Narratives and the Pentecostal Conversion Process". Western Folklore. 47 (1): 1–19. doi:10.2307/1500052. ISSN 0043-373X.
  • Lawless, Elaine J. (1992). ""I Was Afraid Someone like You... an Outsider... Would Misunderstand": Negotiating Interpretive Differences between Ethnographers and Subjects". The Journal of American Folklore. 105 (417): 302–314. doi:10.2307/541758. ISSN 0021-8715.
  • Lawless, Elaine J. (1998). "Claiming Inversion: Lesbian Constructions of Female Identity as Claims for Authority". The Journal of American Folklore. 111 (439): 3–22. doi:10.2307/541317. ISSN 0021-8715.
  • Lawless, Elaine J. (2000). ""Reciprocal" Ethnography: No One Said It Was Easy". Journal of Folklore Research. 37 (2/3): 197–205. ISSN 0737-7037.
  • Lawless, Elaine J. (2003). "Woman as Abject: "Resisting Cultural and Religious Myths That Condone Violence against Women"". Western Folklore. 62 (4): 237–269. ISSN 0043-373X.
  • Lawless, Elaine J. (2008). "Place, Space, and Disruption: A Response to the Question "Why Doesn't She Just Leave?". Western Folklore. 67 (1): 35–58. ISSN 0043-373X.
  • Lawless, Elaine J. (2008), "In Search of Our Mothers . . . and Our Selves", in de Caro, Frank (ed.), The Folklore Muse, Poetry, Fiction, and Other Reflections by Folklorists, University Press of Colorado, pp. 39–53, doi:10.2307/j.ctt4cgmxc.17, ISBN 978-0-87421-726-1, retrieved 2022-02-20
  • Lawless, Elaine J. (2008), "Ecstacy Across a Thin Line: Pentecostalism in the Deep South," in Callahan, Richard (ed.), New Territories, New Perspectives: The Religious Impact of the Louisiana Purchase Univ. of Missouri Press, 2008

Books edit

  • Lawless, Elaine J. (1988). Handmaidens of the Lord : Pentecostal women preachers and traditional religion. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press. ISBN 0-8122-1265-7. OCLC 17676763.
  • Lawless, Elaine J (1993). Fiddling in Missouri. Columbia, Mo.: Missouri Folklore Society. OCLC 45166361.
  • Lawless, Elaine J (1993). Holy women, wholly women: sharing ministries of wholeness through life stories and reciprocal ethnography. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press. ISBN 978-0-8122-8240-5. OCLC 27814372.
  • Lawless, Elaine J; NetLibrary, Inc (1996). Women preaching revolution calling for connection in a disconnected time. Philadelphia, Pa.: University of Pennsylvania Press. ISBN 978-0-585-12700-2. OCLC 1253392550.
  • Lawless, Elaine J. (2001). Women escaping violence : empowerment through narrative. Columbia: University of Missouri Press. ISBN 0-8262-6267-8. OCLC 56480053.
  • Lawless, Elaine J. and Carver, Heather M. (2010). Troubling violence : a performance project. Jackson: Univ Pr Of Mississippi. ISBN 1-60473-347-0. OCLC 816498706.
  • Lawless, Elaine J (2015). God's Peculiar People. The University Press of Kentucky. ISBN 978-1-322-59454-5. OCLC 901309247.
  • Lawless, Elaine J. (2017). The liberation of Winifred Bryan Horner : writer, teacher, and women's rights advocate. Bloomington, Indiana. ISBN 978-0-253-03236-2. OCLC 1005584429.
  • Lawless, Elaine J. and Lawrence, David Todd (2018). When they blew the levee : politics, race, and community in Pinhook, Missouri. Jackson. ISBN 978-1-4968-1777-8. OCLC 1021059406.
  • Lawless, Elaine J. (2019). Reciprocal ethnography and the power of women's narratives. Amy Shuman. Bloomington, Indiana. ISBN 978-0-253-04298-9. OCLC 1107810574.

External links edit

  • "Folklore as a Map of the World" Elaine J Lawless delivering the 2009 Presidential Address at the Annual Meeting of the American Folklore Society in Boise, Idaho
  • "What Zora Knew: A Crossroads, a Bargain with the Devil, and a Late Witness" Elaine J Lawless delivering the 2010 Don Yoder Lecture at the Annual Meeting of the American Folklore Society in Nashville, Tennessee

References edit

  1. ^ a b c "Elaine J. Lawless". english.missouri.edu. Retrieved 2022-02-20.
  2. ^ Lawless, Elaine J (1982). Women's speech in the pentecostal religious service: an ethnography (Thesis). OCLC 9202155.
  3. ^ "Joy Unspeakable". Folkstreams. Retrieved 2022-02-20.
  4. ^ Todd (2014-02-21). "Pinhook Documentary Premieres at University of Missouri". RebuildPinhook.org. Retrieved 2022-02-20.
  5. ^ Lawless, Elaine J. (2006). "From the Editor". The Journal of American Folklore. 119 (471): 3–4. doi:10.2307/4137778. ISSN 0021-8715. JSTOR 4137778.
  6. ^ "Past AFS Presidents". The American Folklore Society. Retrieved 2022-02-20.
  7. ^ "2019 Honor, Prize, and Award Recipients". The American Folklore Society. Retrieved 2022-02-20.
  8. ^ "Elaine J. Lawless Travel Award". The American Folklore Society. Retrieved 2022-02-20.

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Elaine J Lawless born 1947 is an American folklorist She is Curators Professor Emerita of English and Folklore Studies at the University of Missouri 1 In 2008 she was elected president of the American Folklore Society Contents 1 Education 2 Career 3 Recognition 4 Selected publications 4 1 Articles and chapters 4 2 Books 5 External links 6 ReferencesEducation editLawless gained a Ph D from Indiana University in 1982 Her thesis title was Women s speech in the Pentecostal religious service an ethnography 2 Career editLawless is the author of 10 academic books and numerous articles Lawless s research has been in the fields of folklore studies women s and gender studies and religious studies Her work has included studies of Pentecostalism work on women s literature and women s narratives human rights social justice and violence against women 1 She has also co produced two documentary films Joy Unspeakable with Elizabeth Peterson 3 and Taking Pinhook 2014 with Todd Lawrence 4 In 2003 she founded and was the producer of the Troubling Violence Performance Project with Professor Heather Carver of the University of Missouri Theatre Department 1 Recognition editBetween 2000 and 2005 Lawless was editor of the Journal of American Folklore 5 Lawless served as President of the American Folklore Society AFS from 2008 to 2009 6 In 2019 Lawless and Tim Lawrence received the AFS s Chicago Folklore Prize for the best book of folklore scholarship of the year for their book When They Blew the Levee Race Politics and Community in Pinhook Missouri 7 A travel award from the Folk Belief and Religious Folklife Section of the AFS is named in Lawless s honour 8 Selected publications editArticles and chapters edit Lawless Elaine J 1985 Oral Character and Literary Art A Call for a New Reciprocity between Oral Literature and Folklore Western Folklore 44 2 77 96 doi 10 2307 1499554 ISSN 0043 373X Lawless Elaine J 1987 Piety and Motherhood Reproductive Images and Maternal Strategies of the Woman Preacher The Journal of American Folklore 100 398 469 478 doi 10 2307 540906 ISSN 0021 8715 Lawless Elaine J 1988 The Night I Got the Holy Ghost Holy Ghost Narratives and the Pentecostal Conversion Process Western Folklore 47 1 1 19 doi 10 2307 1500052 ISSN 0043 373X Lawless Elaine J 1992 I Was Afraid Someone like You an Outsider Would Misunderstand Negotiating Interpretive Differences between Ethnographers and Subjects The Journal of American Folklore 105 417 302 314 doi 10 2307 541758 ISSN 0021 8715 Lawless Elaine J 1998 Claiming Inversion Lesbian Constructions of Female Identity as Claims for Authority The Journal of American Folklore 111 439 3 22 doi 10 2307 541317 ISSN 0021 8715 Lawless Elaine J 2000 Reciprocal Ethnography No One Said It Was Easy Journal of Folklore Research 37 2 3 197 205 ISSN 0737 7037 Lawless Elaine J 2003 Woman as Abject Resisting Cultural and Religious Myths That Condone Violence against Women Western Folklore 62 4 237 269 ISSN 0043 373X Lawless Elaine J 2008 Place Space and Disruption A Response to the Question Why Doesn t She Just Leave Western Folklore 67 1 35 58 ISSN 0043 373X Lawless Elaine J 2008 In Search of Our Mothers and Our Selves in de Caro Frank ed The Folklore Muse Poetry Fiction and Other Reflections by Folklorists University Press of Colorado pp 39 53 doi 10 2307 j ctt4cgmxc 17 ISBN 978 0 87421 726 1 retrieved 2022 02 20 Lawless Elaine J 2008 Ecstacy Across a Thin Line Pentecostalism in the Deep South in Callahan Richard ed New Territories New Perspectives The Religious Impact of the Louisiana Purchase Univ of Missouri Press 2008 Books edit Lawless Elaine J 1988 Handmaidens of the Lord Pentecostal women preachers and traditional religion Philadelphia University of Pennsylvania Press ISBN 0 8122 1265 7 OCLC 17676763 Lawless Elaine J 1993 Fiddling in Missouri Columbia Mo Missouri Folklore Society OCLC 45166361 Lawless Elaine J 1993 Holy women wholly women sharing ministries of wholeness through life stories and reciprocal ethnography Philadelphia University of Pennsylvania Press ISBN 978 0 8122 8240 5 OCLC 27814372 Lawless Elaine J NetLibrary Inc 1996 Women preaching revolution calling for connection in a disconnected time Philadelphia Pa University of Pennsylvania Press ISBN 978 0 585 12700 2 OCLC 1253392550 Lawless Elaine J 2001 Women escaping violence empowerment through narrative Columbia University of Missouri Press ISBN 0 8262 6267 8 OCLC 56480053 Lawless Elaine J and Carver Heather M 2010 Troubling violence a performance project Jackson Univ Pr Of Mississippi ISBN 1 60473 347 0 OCLC 816498706 Lawless Elaine J 2015 God s Peculiar People The University Press of Kentucky ISBN 978 1 322 59454 5 OCLC 901309247 Lawless Elaine J 2017 The liberation of Winifred Bryan Horner writer teacher and women s rights advocate Bloomington Indiana ISBN 978 0 253 03236 2 OCLC 1005584429 Lawless Elaine J and Lawrence David Todd 2018 When they blew the levee politics race and community in Pinhook Missouri Jackson ISBN 978 1 4968 1777 8 OCLC 1021059406 Lawless Elaine J 2019 Reciprocal ethnography and the power of women s narratives Amy Shuman Bloomington Indiana ISBN 978 0 253 04298 9 OCLC 1107810574 External links edit Folklore as a Map of the World Elaine J Lawless delivering the 2009 Presidential Address at the Annual Meeting of the American Folklore Society in Boise Idaho What Zora Knew A Crossroads a Bargain with the Devil and a Late Witness Elaine J Lawless delivering the 2010 Don Yoder Lecture at the Annual Meeting of the American Folklore Society in Nashville TennesseeReferences edit a b c Elaine J Lawless english missouri edu Retrieved 2022 02 20 Lawless Elaine J 1982 Women s speech in the pentecostal religious service an ethnography Thesis OCLC 9202155 Joy Unspeakable Folkstreams Retrieved 2022 02 20 Todd 2014 02 21 Pinhook Documentary Premieres at University of Missouri RebuildPinhook org Retrieved 2022 02 20 Lawless Elaine J 2006 From the Editor The Journal of American Folklore 119 471 3 4 doi 10 2307 4137778 ISSN 0021 8715 JSTOR 4137778 Past AFS Presidents The American Folklore Society Retrieved 2022 02 20 2019 Honor Prize and Award Recipients The American Folklore Society Retrieved 2022 02 20 Elaine J Lawless Travel Award The American Folklore Society Retrieved 2022 02 20 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Elaine J Lawless amp oldid 1175665651, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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