The Stigmatized Vernacular

Diane E. Goldstein is Professor and former Chair of the Department of Folklore and Ethnomusicology at Indiana University and is a former President of the American Folklore Society. Her publications include Talking AIDS: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Once Upon a Virus: AIDS Legends andVernacular Risk Perception and Haunting Experiences: Ghosts in Contemporary Folklore.Amy Shuman is Professor of folklore at Ohio State University. Her publications include Storytelling Rights: The Uses of Oral and Written Texts by Urban Adolescents, Other People¿s Stories: Entitlement Claims and the Critique of Empathy, and (with Carol Bohmer) Rejecting Refugees: Political Asylum in the 21st Century.