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Janet Langlois

Associate Professor

Office: 9305.4, 5057 Woodward
Hours: By Appointment
Phone: (313) 577- 7708
E-mail: janet_langlois@wayne.edu

Area of Specialization
Folklore and literature connections; folk narrative theory, esp. contemporary legend studies; cultural studies. Current projects include a study of horror film as ethnographic critique, work on narratives of racial passing, and work on personal experience narratives of angelic encounters.

Education

B.A., English, Colorado State University, 1968
M.S.L.S., Columbia University, 1969
Ph.D., Folklore Institute, Indiana University, 1977

Representative Publications

Belle Gunness, the Lady Bluebeard, Bloomington: Indiana UP, 1985;

Hold the Mayo: Purity and Danger in an AIDS Legend, Contemporary Legend 1:1, 1991, 153-172.

Mothers Double Talk, in Feminist Messages: Coding in Women's Folk Culture, edited by Joan N. Radner, University of Illinois Press, 1993.

"'Andrew Borden's Little Girl': Fairy-Tale Fragments in Angela Carter's 'The Fall River Axe Murders' and 'Lizzie's Tiger'" Special issue on Angela Carter and the Literary Marchen, Marvels and Tales: Journal of Fairy-Tale Studies 12:1 (1988): 192-212.

Publications Available Through Amazon.com

Sexism and Stereotypes in Modern Society : The Gender Science of Janet Taylor Spence (Apa Science Volumes)

 


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