New Directions in Folklore 1 (formerly the Impromptu Journal) July 1997
Newfolk :: NDiF :: Archive :: Issue 1 July 1997

The Death of Folklore or the Death of Survivalism?

[Death costume]

A costumer in a Philadelphia Deaf social club poses for the audience during the annual Halloween masquerade. From Stephanie A. Hall, "Monsters and Clowns: A Deaf American Halloween," in James Hardin, ed. Folklife Annual 90, Washington, DC: Library of Congress, 1991. (Photo by Stephanie A. Hall. Do not copy without permission.)

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