Regina Bendix is assistant professor of folklore at the University of Pennsylvania. A native of Switzerland, she is the author of several books and many articles about European and American folklore and folklife, including Backstage Domains: Playing William Tell in Two Communities.

Important for scholars in any discipline concerned with cultural analysis. In her focus on folklore and through the tremendous learning and insight she brings to bear on the 'authentic', Bendix has provided both a model exploration of one discipline and a broadly consequential analysis of discourses at the heart of many." —Don Brenneis, University of California, Santa Cruz“Important for scholars in any discipline concerned with cultural analysis. In her focus on folklore and through the tremendous learning and insight she brings to bear on the ‘authentic,’ Bendix has provided both a model exploration of one discipline and a broadly consequential analysis of discourses at the heart of many.” —Don Brenneis, University of California, Santa Cruz

Regina Bendix is assistant professor of folklore at the University of Pennsylvania. A native of Switzerland, she is the author of several books and many articles about European and American folklore and folklife, including Backstage Domains: Playing William Tell in Two Communities.

Important for scholars in any discipline concerned with cultural analysis. In her focus on folklore and through the tremendous learning and insight she brings to bear on the 'authentic', Bendix has provided both a model exploration of one discipline and a broadly consequential analysis of discourses at the heart of many." —Don Brenneis, University of California, Santa Cruz“Important for scholars in any discipline concerned with cultural analysis. In her focus on folklore and through the tremendous learning and insight she brings to bear on the ‘authentic,’ Bendix has provided both a model exploration of one discipline and a broadly consequential analysis of discourses at the heart of many.” —Don Brenneis, University of California, Santa Cruz

Regina Bendix is assistant professor of folklore at the University of Pennsylvania. A native of Switzerland, she is the author of several books and many articles about European and American folklore and folklife, including Backstage Domains: Playing William Tell in Two Communities.

Important for scholars in any discipline concerned with cultural analysis. In her focus on folklore and through the tremendous learning and insight she brings to bear on the 'authentic', Bendix has provided both a model exploration of one discipline and a broadly consequential analysis of discourses at the heart of many." —Don Brenneis, University of California, Santa Cruz“Important for scholars in any discipline concerned with cultural analysis. In her focus on folklore and through the tremendous learning and insight she brings to bear on the ‘authentic,’ Bendix has provided both a model exploration of one discipline and a broadly consequential analysis of discourses at the heart of many.” —Don Brenneis, University of California, Santa Cruz