Storytelling, Self, Society Volume 6, Number 1 (January–April 2010)

Storytelling, Self, Society is an interdisciplinary, peer-reviewed journal that publishes scholarship on a wide variety of topics related to oral narrative in performance, as social or cultural discourse, and in a variety of professional and disciplinary contexts.

Table of Contents

Special Issue: Bhutan National Storytelling Conference

Bhutan National Storytelling Conference: Introduction the the Special Issue
Joseph Sobol

Opening Remarks
Her Royal Highness Ashi Sonam Decham Wangchuck

The Impact of Cultural Folklore on National Values: A Preliminary Study with a Focus on Bhutan
Steve Evans

Preserving our Folktales, Myths and Legends in the Digital Era
Tshering Cigay Dorji

The Role of Folk Consciousness in the Modern State: Its Efficacy, Use and Abuse
Jim Brown

Ritualizing Story: A Way to Prevent Malicious Spirits from Causing Malady
Tandin Dorji

Oracy in the New Mellennium: Storytelling Revival in America and Bhutan
Joseph Sobol

Oral Traditions as Alternative Literature: Voices of Dissent in Bhutanese Folktales
Dorji Penjore

Reviewers for the Issue