Marilyn M White
Biographic Data
| ID | 3789811 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Marilyn M White |
| GIVEN NAMES | Marilyn M |
| FAMILY NAME | White |
| SIGNATURE | WHITE M M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Kean University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1983 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Jerrilyn McGregory (1949–2025)
Roots, Rootlessness, and Uprooting
This address examines the theme, "Roots, Rootlessness, and Uprooting," of the 2023 American Folklore Society (AFS) Annual Meeting. I explore parts of my own journey as a folklorist by considering my professional origin story; ethnographic fieldwork experiences with my own family, the Buraku of Japan, and the people of Little Cayman; membership in various folklore communities, including the Association of African and African American Folklorists; …
Daughters of the Dust
Book Review| October 01 2021 Daughters of the Dust Daughters of the Dust. 1991. By Julie Dash. 1 hr. 51 min. Digital format, color. (Cohen Film Collection, New York, NY.). Marilyn M. White Marilyn M. White Kean University (retired) Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Journal of American Folklore (2021) 134 (534): 532–533. https://doi.org/10.5406/jamerfolk.134.534.0532 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedI…
Daisy Turner's Kin
Gladys-Marie Fry (1931-2015)
Obituary| October 01 2017 Gladys-Marie Fry (1931–2015) Marilyn M. White Marilyn M. White Kean University, Retired Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Journal of American Folklore (2017) 130 (518): 473–474. https://doi.org/10.5406/jamerfolk.130.518.0473 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Search Site Citation Marilyn M. White; Gladys-Marie Fry (1931–2015). Journal of American Folklore…
Stories of Our Lives
Book Review| January 01 2016 Stories of Our Lives: Memory, History, Narrative Stories of Our Lives: Memory, History, Narrative. By Frank de Caro. (Logan: Utah State University Press, 2013. Pp. Marilyn M. White Marilyn M. White Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Journal of American Folklore (2016) 129 (511): 110–112. https://doi.org/10.5406/jamerfolk.129.511.0110 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Mai…
Kathryn L. Morgan (1919–2010)
Kathryn L. Morgan (1919-2010)Debora Kodish and Marilyn White Philadelphia Folklore Project and Kean UniversityKathryn Morgan's groundbreaking book, Children of Strangers (1980), was the first work of African American family folklore by a folklorist. What a voice, and what stories. If she hadn't known about Caddy Gordon, her great-greatgrandmother, whose legacy is recounted in the volume, she would have had to invent her, Morgan said. Read the boo…
Children of Strangers
Roots, Rootlessness, and Uprooting
This address examines the theme, "Roots, Rootlessness, and Uprooting," of the 2023 American Folklore Society (AFS) Annual Meeting. I explore parts of my own journey as a folklorist by considering my professional origin story; ethnographic fieldwork experiences with my own family, the Buraku of Japan, and the people of Little Cayman; membership in various folklore communities, including the Association of African and African American Folklorists; …
Children of Strangers
Kathryn L. Morgan (1919–2010)
Kathryn L. Morgan (1919-2010)Debora Kodish and Marilyn White Philadelphia Folklore Project and Kean UniversityKathryn Morgan's groundbreaking book, Children of Strangers (1980), was the first work of African American family folklore by a folklorist. What a voice, and what stories. If she hadn't known about Caddy Gordon, her great-greatgrandmother, whose legacy is recounted in the volume, she would have had to invent her, Morgan said. Read the boo…
Stories of Our Lives
Book Review| January 01 2016 Stories of Our Lives: Memory, History, Narrative Stories of Our Lives: Memory, History, Narrative. By Frank de Caro. (Logan: Utah State University Press, 2013. Pp. Marilyn M. White Marilyn M. White Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Journal of American Folklore (2016) 129 (511): 110–112. https://doi.org/10.5406/jamerfolk.129.511.0110 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Mai…
Gladys-Marie Fry (1931-2015)
Obituary| October 01 2017 Gladys-Marie Fry (1931–2015) Marilyn M. White Marilyn M. White Kean University, Retired Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Journal of American Folklore (2017) 130 (518): 473–474. https://doi.org/10.5406/jamerfolk.130.518.0473 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Search Site Citation Marilyn M. White; Gladys-Marie Fry (1931–2015). Journal of American Folklore…
Daisy Turner's Kin
Daughters of the Dust
Book Review| October 01 2021 Daughters of the Dust Daughters of the Dust. 1991. By Julie Dash. 1 hr. 51 min. Digital format, color. (Cohen Film Collection, New York, NY.). Marilyn M. White Marilyn M. White Kean University (retired) Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Journal of American Folklore (2021) 134 (534): 532–533. https://doi.org/10.5406/jamerfolk.134.534.0532 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedI…
Roots, Rootlessness, and Uprooting
This address examines the theme, "Roots, Rootlessness, and Uprooting," of the 2023 American Folklore Society (AFS) Annual Meeting. I explore parts of my own journey as a folklorist by considering my professional origin story; ethnographic fieldwork experiences with my own family, the Buraku of Japan, and the people of Little Cayman; membership in various folklore communities, including the Association of African and African American Folklorists; …
Jerrilyn McGregory (1949–2025)
Art (5 works) · Folklore (5 works) · Folklore, Mythology, and Literature Studies (5 works) · History (5 works) · Computer Science (4 works) · Literature (4 works) · Citation (3 works) · Icon (3 works) · Library science (3 works) · White (mutation) (3 works)