Acknowledgments
Introduction: The Three Nephites and the History of Mormon Folklore Studies, Eric A. Eliason and Tom Mould
Part I/Mormondom as Regional Culture: Society, Symbols, and Landscape
1. Utah Mormons, Richard Dorson
2. The Mormon Landscape: Definition of an Image in the American West, Richard V. Francaviglia
3. The Beehive in Utah Folk Art, Hal Cannon
4. Hay Derricks of the Great Basin and Upper Snake River Valley Addendum, Austin E. Fife and James M. Fife
5. Mormon Gravestones: A Folk Expression of Identity and Belief, Carol Edison
Part II/Making Mormons: Formative Customs and Traditions
6. A Mormon from the Cradle to the Grave, Austin E. and Alta Fife
7. Now that I’ve Kissed the Ground You Walk On: A Look at Gender in Creative Date Invitations, Kristi Bell Young
8. Made in Heaven: Marriage Confirmation Narratives Among Mormons, George H. Schoemaker
9. Nameways in Latter-day Saint History, Custom, and Folklore, Eric A. Eliason
10. The Beehive Buffet, Anne F. Hatch
Part III/The Sacred and the Supernatural
11. Early Mormon “Magic”: Insights from Folklore and from Literature, David A. Allred
12. Freeways, Parking Lots, and Ice Cream Stands: The Three Nephites in Contemporary Society, William A. Wilson
13. Transformations of Power: Mormon Women’s Visionary Narratives, Margaret K. Brady
14. Narratives of Personal Revelation among Latter-day Saints, Tom Mould
15. The Great and Dreadful Day: Mormon Folklore of the Apocalypse, Susan Peterson
Part IV/Pioneers, Heroes, and the Historical Imagination
16. Fate and the Persecutors of Joseph Smith: Transmutations of an American Myth, Richard C. Poulsen
17. Pioneers and Recapitulation in Mormon Popular Historical Expression, Eric Alden Eliason
18. Orrin Porter Rockwell: The Modern Samson, Gustive O. Larson
19. The Ballad of the “Mountain Meadows Massacre”, J. Barre Toelken
20. Portraits in Song: Gleanings from the Brigham Young Folk Song Cycle, Jill Terry Rudy
Part V/Humor
21. As the Saints Go Marching By: Modern Jokelore Concerning Mormons, Jan Harold Brunvand
22. Sanpete County Humor: The Tales and the Tellers, Edward A. Geary
23. For Time and Eternity: BYU Coed Jokes and the Seriousness of Mormon Humor, Steve Siporin
24. Hierarch and Mule-skinner: A Selection from Mormon Country, Wallace Stegner
Part VI/Beyond Deseret: Mormon Folklore in an International Context
25. On Being Human: The Folklore of Mormon Missionaries, William A. Wilson
26. Gringo Jeringo: Anglo Mormon Missionary Culture in Bolivia, David Knowlton
27. “Of Course, in Guatemala, Bananas are Better”: Exotic and Familiar Eating Experiences of Mormon Missionaries, Jill Terry Rudy
28. Mormonism, the Maori, and Cultural Authenticity, Grant Underwood
Bibliography
List of Contributors
Sources of Previously Published Chapters
Index