Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- I. PERFORMANCE -- BREAKTHROUGH INTO PERFORMANCE -- ORAL SERMONS AND ORAL NARRATIVE -- II. PERFORMANCE AND COMMUNICATION -- A PARABLE IN CONTEXT: A SOCIAL INTERACTIONAL ANALYSIS OF STORYTELLING PERFORMANCE -- FILIPINO-AMERICAN EROTICA AND THE ETHNOGRAPHY OF A FOLKLORIC EVENT -- THE TALE-SINGER AND HIS AUDIENCE -- III. TRANSMISSION AND COMMUNICATION -- THE HYPOTHESIS OF MULTI-CONDUIT TRANSMISSION IN FOLKLORE -- IV. COGNITIVE ASPECTS OF FOLKLORIC COMMUNICATION -- QUAKER FOLK-LINGUISTICS AND FOLKLORE -- FOLKLORE, WORLDVIEW, AND COMMUNICATION -- FOLKLORE AND COMMUNICATION ON ST. VINCENT -- INDEX -- Backmatter