Counter Memes and Anti-Legends in Online Welfare Discourse

Tom Mould is Professor of Anthropology and Folklore at Butler University and author of numerous books and articles on folklore, oral narrative, legend, religious and sacred narrative, poverty and social justice, Native American studies, and Latter-day Saint oral traditions. He is the co-editor of two books—The Individual and Tradition (with Ray Cashman and Pravina Shukla, 2011) and Latter-day Lore: Mormon Folklore Studies (with Eric A. Eliason, 2013)—and author of four books: Choctaw Prophecy: A Legacy of the Future (2003), Choctaw Tales (2004), Still, the Small Voice: Narrative, Personal Revelation, and the Mormon Folk Tradition (2011), and Overthrowing the Queen: Telling Stories of Welfare in America (2020), which won the Brian McConnell Book Award and the Chicago Folklore Prize. He is currently working on another book with the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians.