Folklore vol. 46
Electronic Journal of Folklore
From Language to Mind 3
2010/03 ISSN 1406-0949
Foreword
7
Jokes as the Truth about Soviet Socialism
9
Christie Davies
How Humour Makes a Difference
33
Seppo Knuuttila
Dumb Blondes and Democracy
43
Stanoy Stanoev
Humorous Interpretations of Abbreviations
as a Socio-Cultural Phenomenon
61
Piret Voolaid
Paremiological Correspondence and its After-Thoughts
83
Outi Lauhakangas
Women’s Place in Finnish Proverbs from Childhood
95
Liisa Granbom-Herranen
Proverbs and Medicine
: The Problem of Applied Folklore
111
Larisa Fialkova
Tricksters Trot to America
: Areal Distribution of Folklore Motifs
125
Yuri Berezkin
"
Our Beer is Better Than Theirs
": Sub-cultural Comics as a Joking Relationship with Identity
143
Aimar Ventsel
Discussion
From Paremiography to Paremiology
: the Role of AIP-IAP as an International and Cultural Exchange facilitator
161
Rui J.B. Soares
Notes about Re-identification of Ethnographic Groups
169
Art Leete
,
Yuri Shabayev
Folklore Today and Folklore Tomorrow
? Folk’s Problems in the Shrinking World
177
John S. Ryan
In Memoriam
Nikolai Konakov
197
News in brief
The Inner and the Outer in the Ritual Year: Traditions and Today
-
Irina Sedakova
[198]
22nd International Humor Conference in Hong Kong
-
Piret Voolaid
[202]
Europhras Conference in Spain
-
Anneli Baran
[205]
From Language to Mind 4
-
Liisi Laineste
[207]
News
Book review
Permitted Laughter
-
Joanna Szerszunowicz
[210]
Books
List of contributors
Our authors
183
Electronic Journal of Folklore
Folklore
vol. 46. 2010
ISSN 1406-0949
Published by: FB and Media Group of LM
INDEX
Edited by Mare Kõiva & Andres Kuperjanov
©
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Bibliography
Editorial Board
Brief History
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