PeterJClaus Faculty Profile

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Peter  J  Claus

Professor of Anthropology and Asian Studies

  • peter.claus@csueastbay.edu
  • MI 3097
  • Emeritus

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Recent Scholarship

2004 "The Drama Unfolds: Tuluva Myth and Ritual in Its Western Stage.” Indian Folklore Research Journal.
2005 "Near and Far: Advantages of Studying Folklore as Discourse." Indian Folklore Research Journal
2004. South Asian Folklore, An Encyclopedia. (Jointly edited with Margaret Mills and Sarah Diamond). New York: Routledge.
2002 Book Review, "The Siri Epic, by Lauri Honko (in collaboration with Chiinnappa Gowda, et. al)". Anthropos.
2001 "Variability in the Tulu Paddanas." In Cahiers de Littérature Orale
2001 Essays in Performance Analysis. Shimoga, India: Kuvempu University Press.
2000 "The Concept of 'Mental Text.'" National Folklore Support Centre Newsletter, Special edition on Folklore Syncretism.

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