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In short, the Belle Gunness narratives communicate concern about
the maintenance of traditional role behavior. But in their portrayal of
a deviant woman, they function to reaffirm rather than to undermine
traditional values.
NOTES
See Babcock ( 1978a:13-36) and Peacock ( 1969:167-177) for discussion of
the structuring power of narrative.
Gene MacDonald to Janet Langlois, March 10, 1976. Subsequent reference
to my own field research will be in parentheses after quotations.
Indiana University Folklore Archives. 68/42. Gene MacDonald to Janis Mel-
lenthin, December 31, 1967
Male narrators have discussed Elizabeth Smith, but narratives about her are
not central. Few narrators under fifty years of age discuss the black woman at all.
Martha Alderfer to Lillian De La Torre, July-August 1952, for her book ( De La Torre
1955). I would like to thank Mrs. De La Torre McCue for the use of
unpublished transcripts of interviews.
Albert Nicholson to Lillian De La Torre, July-August 1952.
Frances (Lapham) Dawson to Lillian De LaTorre, July-August 1952.
Mary Swenson, age eighty, to Janet Langlois, October 6, 1975.
Leach's linguistic category of verbal abuse in which I am placing the mur-
deress is set up as this analogy: animal category -- wild animals : food source --
inedible :: kinship category -- strangers : marriage potential -- no social relations
possible.
La Porte County Historical Society, Belle Gunness Inquest, April 29 -- May
13, 1908. Coroner's official statement signed and sealed May 20, 1908.
Mrs. De La Torre's play, based on her 1952 interviews (see note 5), has not
been performed in La Porte and is not known by residents. Dr. Poe, recently retired
from the University of Southwestern Louisiana at Lafayette, is a former La Porte
resident and based the play on his recollections of community narrative. Gnista was
performed in La Porte in 1966 and 1973. I would like to thank Dr. Poe for use of the
unpublished script.

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