HR job title
- Retired Professor
- Contact Info
- 1 979 845 9916
Green, Thomas Associate Professor
Positions
- Associate Professor, Anthropology, College of Arts and Sciences
My research focuses on the expressive culture/folklore with particular emphasis on festival, ritual and narrative as vehicles for the preservation of group cohesion in situations of cultural conflict; the symbolic analysis of martial culture; African-American folk culture; and Chinese culture.
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Publications
selected publications
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academic article
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Zhang, G., & Green, T. A.
(2018).
"I Am the Greatest Boxer": Articulating Group Identity through Chinese Folk Drama. Journal of American Folklore.
131(521), 250-271.
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Zhang, G., Green, T. A., & Gutierrez-Garcia, C.
(2016).
Rural Community, Group Identity and Martial Arts: Social Foundation of Meihuaquan. Ido Movement for Culture : Journal of Martial Arts Anthropology.
16(1), 18-29.
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Tu, C., Green, T. A., Zheng, G., & Qiang, F.
(2013).
Dragon Dance in Tu Village: Social Cohesion and Symbolic Warfare. Ido Movement for Culture : Journal of Martial Arts Anthropology.
13(1), 1-9.
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Green, T. A.
(2012).
Sick Hands and Sweet Moves: Aesthetic Dimensions of a Vernacular Martial Art. Journal of American Folklore.
125(497), 286-303.
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Zhang, G., & Green, T. A.
(2012).
Introduccin al boxeo de la flor del ciruelo: historia, cultura y prctica. Revista de Artes Marciales Asiáticas.
5(2), 21-44.
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Green, T. A.
(2010).
Peuckert's Handworterbuch and the Making of Twentieth-century Encyclopedias. Journal of Folklore Research.
47(1-2), 79-88.
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Beyerlein, M., Kennedy, F., & Beyerlein, S.
(2006).
Introduction. Advances in Interdisciplinary Studies of Work Teams.
12(374), xiii-xviii.
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Green, T. A.
(1998).
Review: Untying the Knot: On Riddles and Other Enigmatic Modest, Galit Hasan-Rokem, David Shulman. Anthropological Linguistics.
40(1), 158-160.
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GREEN, T. A.
(1993).
THE PUEBLO STORYTELLER - DEVELOPMENT OF A FIGURATIVE CERAMIC TRADITION - BABCOCK,BA. Journal of American Folklore.
106(420), 226-227.
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GREEN, T. A.
(1991).
'HOEIN THE SHORT ROWS' - ABERNETHY,FE. Journal of American Folklore.
104(414), 544-544.
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GREEN, T. A., & GRIDER, S. A.
(1990).
REVERSAL OF COMPETENCE IN COLLEGE DRINKING GAMES. PLAY & CULTURE.
3(2), 117-132.
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Green, T. A.
(1989).
Linguistic Manipulation in the Punch and Judy Script. Lore and Language.
8(2), 33-41.
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GREEN, T. A., & DEVANEY, L.
(1989).
LINGUISTIC PLAY IN AUTOGRAPH-BOOK INSCRIPTIONS. Western Folklore.
48(1), 51-58.
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GREEN, T. A.
(1988).
FIELDWORK - JACKSON,B. Western Folklore.
47(1), 71-72.
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GREEN, T. A.
(1987).
GULLIBLE COYOTE UNAIHU - A BILINGUAL COLLECTION OF HOPI COYOTE STORIES - MALOTKI,E, EDITOR. Journal of American Folklore.
100(397), 368-369.
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GREEN, T. A.
(1987).
ZUNI FOLK TALE - CUSHING,FH. Journal of American Folklore.
100(395), 114-114.
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GREEN, T. A.
(1986).
'CORN IS LIFE' - COUGHLIN,D. Journal of American Folklore.
99(394), 508-509.
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GREEN, T. A., & PEPICELLO, W. J.
(1984).
THE RIDDLE PROCESS + GRAMMAR AND METAPHOR IN THE FORM OF RIDDLES. Journal of American Folklore.
97(384), 189-203.
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GREEN, T. A.
(1983).
BETWEEN THE LIVING AND THE DEAD - ABRAHAMS,RD. Western Folklore.
42(4), 317-317.
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GREEN, T. A.
(1982).
PORTRAITS OF THE WHITEMAN - LINGUISTIC PLAY AND CULTURAL SYMBOLS AMONG THE WESTERN APACHE - BASSO,KH. Journal of American Folklore.
95(378), 471-473.
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GREEN, T. A.
(1982).
THE RELIGIONS OF THE AMERICAN-INDIANS - HULTKRANTZ,A. Journal of American Folklore.
95(376), 217-218.
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GREEN, T. A.
(1982).
'NESHNABEK THE PEOPLE' - STULL,D. Journal of American Folklore.
95(375), 120-121.
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Green, T. A., Dundes, A., & Dorson, R. M.
(1981).
Folklore in the Modern World. Western Folklore.
40(3), 267-267.
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GREEN, T. A.
(1980).
MEHINAKU - THE DRAMA OF DAILY LIFE IN A BRAZILIAN INDIAN VILLAGE - GREGOR,T. Journal of American Folklore.
93(369), 350-353.
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GREEN, T. A.
(1980).
THE TRANSFORMATION OF THE HUMMINGBIRD - CULTURAL ROOTS OF A ZINACANTECAN MYTHICAL POEM - HUNT,E. Journal of American Folklore.
93(368), 197-198.
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Green, T. A.
(1980).
Review: Children's Riddling, John Holmes McDowell. American Ethnologist.
7(4), 795-795.
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GREEN, T. A., & PEPICELLO, W. J.
(1980).
SIGHT AND SPELLING RIDDLES. Journal of American Folklore.
93(367), 23-34.
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GREEN, T. A., & PEPICELLO, W. J.
(1979).
FOLK RIDDLE - REDEFINITION OF TERMS. Western Folklore.
38(1), 3-20.
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GREEN, T. A.
(1978).
TOWARD A DEFINITION OF FOLK DRAMA. Journal of American Folklore.
91(361), 843-850.
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Dutton, D., Brook, D., Clegg, J. K., Cudjoe, S. D., Delaquis, H. A., Green, T. A., ... Teilhet, J.
(1977).
Art, Behavior, and the Anthropologists [and Comments and Reply]. Current Anthropology.
18(3), 387-407.
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Green, T. A.
(1976).
Folk History and Cultural Reorganization: A Tigua Example. Journal of American Folklore.
89(353), 310-310.
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Green, T. A., & Steiner, S.
(1975).
The Tiguas: The Lost Tribe of City Indians. Journal of American Folklore.
88(348), 219-219.
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Dorson, R. M., Baker, R. L., Byington, R. H., Carey, G., Georges, R. A., Green, T. A., Stekert, E. J., & Teske, R. T.
(1972).
The Academic Future of Folklore. Journal of American Folklore.
85, 104-104.
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Esslinger, P. M., & Green, T. A.
(1971).
Content Analysis in Black and White: A Research Note. Negro American Literature Forum.
5(4), 123-123.
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Zhang, G., & Green, T. A.
(2018).
"I Am the Greatest Boxer": Articulating Group Identity through Chinese Folk Drama. Journal of American Folklore.
131(521), 250-271.
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book
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Green, T. A., & Svinth, J. R.
(2010).
Martial Arts of the World: An Encyclopedia of History and Innovation [2 volumes] An Encyclopedia of History and Innovation. ABC-CLIO.
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Pepicello, W. J., & Green, T. A.
(1984).
The Language of Riddles New Perspectives. The Ohio State University Press.
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Green, T. A., & Svinth, J. R.
(2010).
Martial Arts of the World: An Encyclopedia of History and Innovation [2 volumes] An Encyclopedia of History and Innovation. ABC-CLIO.
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chapter
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Best, J.
(2017).
The Satanism Scare. Richardson, J. T., Best, J., & Bromley, D. G. (Eds.),
The Satanism Scare.
(pp. 237-248).
Routledge.
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Green, T.
(2012).
White men dont flow: Embodied aesthetics of the fifty-two hand blocks. Fighting Scholars: Habitus and Ethnographies of Martial Arts and Combat Sports.
(pp. 125-140).
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Best, J.
(2017).
The Satanism Scare. Richardson, J. T., Best, J., & Bromley, D. G. (Eds.),
The Satanism Scare.
(pp. 237-248).
Routledge.
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conference paper
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Green, T. A.
(2010).
Vernacular Martial Arts: A Case Study of African-Americans. 17-20.
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Green, T. A.
(2010).
Vernacular Martial Arts: A Case Study of African-Americans. 17-20.
editor of
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book
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Green, T. A.
(2009).
Stories from the American Mosaic: Asian American Folktales
Green, T. A. (Eds.),
Greenwood.
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Green, T. A.
(2009).
Stories from the American Mosaic: Latino American Folktales
Green, T. A. (Eds.),
Greenwood Publishing Group.
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Green, T. A.
(2009).
Stories from the American Mosaic: Native American Folktales
Green, T. A. (Eds.),
Greenwood.
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Green, T. A.
(2009).
Stories from the American Mosaic: African American Folktales
Green, T. A. (Eds.),
Greenwood.
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Green, T. A.
(2008).
The Greenwood Library of World Folktales Stories from the Great Collections
Green, T. A. (Eds.),
Greenwood.
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(2006).
The Greenwood Encyclopedia of World Folklore and Folklife
Clements, W., & Green, T. A. (Eds.),
Greenwood.
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Green, T. A.
(2006).
The Greenwood Library of American Folktales [Four Volumes]
Green, T. A. (Eds.),
Greenwood.
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Svinth, J. R.
(2003).
Martial Arts in the Modern World
Green, T. A., & Svinth, J. (Eds.),
Praeger.
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Green, e. d.
(2001).
MARTIAL Arts of the World An Encyclopedia
Green, T. A. (Eds.),
ABC-CLIO.
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Green, T. A.
(1997).
Folklore An Encyclopedia of Beliefs, Customs, Tales, Music, and Art
Green, T. A. (Eds.),
ABC-CLIO.
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Green, T. A.
(2009).
Stories from the American Mosaic: Asian American Folktales
Green, T. A. (Eds.),
Greenwood.
Teaching
teaching activities
- ANTH229 Intro To Folklore Instructor
- ANTH340 Folklore & Supernatural Instructor
- ANTH485 Directed Studies Instructor
- ANTH491 Research Instructor
- ANTH685 Directed Studies Instructor
- ANTH691 Research Instructor
- RELS340 Folklore & Supernatural Instructor
Works By Students
chaired theses and dissertations
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Biggs, Jenny Catherine (2008-10). Rumor mongering: scapegoating techniques for social cohesion and coping among the Japanese-Americans in United States internment camps during World War II.
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Furth, Brett H (2015-08). Gimme That Real Old Time Religion: Re-embedding White Identities Through Ethnic Neo-Pagan Reconfigurations of European Heritage in Texas.
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Massengale, Brandie Louise (2014-12). The Performance of Sawney Beane at the Texas Renaissance Festival.
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Miracle, Jared Tyler (2014-12). Western Bushido: The American Invention of Asian Martial Arts.
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Mizer, Nicholas J (2015-09). The Greatest Unreality: Tabletop Role-Playing Games and the Experience of Imagined Worlds.
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Pereira Ferreira, Samila (2016-07). Policies of Memory, Politics of Forgetting: A Comparative Study of Social Memory and Cultural Heritage in Brazil and the United States.
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Sparks, Christopher A. (2012-10). Wrestling with Ssireum: Korean Folk Game vs. Globalization.
Background
education and training
- Ph.D. in Anthropology (Folklore), The University of Texas at Austin - (Austin, Texas, United States) 1974
- M.A. in English (Folklore), The University of Texas at Austin - (Austin, Texas, United States) 1968
- B.A. in English, The University of Texas at Austin - (Austin, Texas, United States) 1967
awards and honors
- Association of Former Students College-Level Teaching Distinguished Achievement Award, The, conferred by Texas A&M University - (College Station, Texas, United States), 2009
- Fellowship, conferred by John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation - (New York, New York, United States), 1992
- Association of Former Students College-Level Teaching Distinguished Achievement Award, The, conferred by Texas A&M University - (College Station, Texas, United States), 1990
Contact
first name
- Thomas
has last name
- Green
mailing address
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Texas A&M University
Anthropology
4352 TAMU
College Station, TX 77843-4352
USA
Other
- t-green@tamu.edu