Folklore studies / Study of myth Books
Luath Press Ltd Wee Folk Tales: in Scots
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£7.99
Luath Press Ltd The Tweed Dales: Journeys and Evocations
Book SynopsisThe distinctive blend of emotions and responses each landscape stirs up are echoed in stories filtered through the voices of storytellers, the pens of poets and historians, and the tools of artists and crafters. We hope you will experience these too, as you journey with us through the landscape. The popular Journeys and Evocations series continues with the fourth instalment Travelling the Tweed Dales, an exploration of the Scottish Borders. Six journeys take the reader from Eildon Hills to Tweeddale, from Kelso to Gala Water, Ettrick and Teviotdale. The long history of the Borders and their unique culture is evoked through key personalities, events, stories and folklore. Complete with driving instructions and directions, the book is a travelogue, expressed through story, poetry and song, set against the landscape, in a previously unexplored way. Whether by foot, bike, bus, armchair or car, this book is your perfect travelling companion. Previous Journeys and Evocations books focused on Scotland’s capital city, exploring Arthur’s Seat, Calton Hill and Edinburgh Old Town.Trade Review.
£12.34
Cockatrice Books Welsh Folklore
£14.86
Cockatrice Books Folklore and Folk Stories of Wales
£16.71
Monsoon Books The Black and White House
Book SynopsisAnna is thrilled to move into a black and white house in Adam Park, confident she will thrive in Singapore, find a job, make local friends. But echoes of footsteps in the hallways make her wonder whether rumours of the house being haunted are true. Overwhelmed and lonely in a new country, Anna slowly unravels.When Salimah, single mother to a rebellious teenager, loses her job, she revisits Adam Park where her childhood was uprooted. A place with a dark history. Anna bumps into Salimah, and their lives intertwine in unexpected ways. Tensions rise as the house''s haunting presence grips both women and threatens to upset an already fragile friendship.
£9.49
Rockpool Publishing Gods and Goddesses: The rise and legends of
Book SynopsisOver the millennia Gods and Goddesses have taken on many forms, have given great gifts and unleashed furious punishments on those who worshipped and angered them. This book introduces the main gods and goddesses of the past; their myths, rituals and how they have influenced modern popular culture. Discover the feuding goddesses of Babylon, Witness the great love affair of the Egyptian creator gods Travel with the West African goddess from the shores of Nigeria to the new world of the Americas Meet the divine forces which may still dwell in the heavens, the mountains, rivers, oceans and stars. More than a historical glimpse into ancient cultures, Gods and Goddesses is a reference guide to the divine pantheons and an insight into how these ancient people and their divine creators live on in modern stories, films, practices and beliefs.
£13.99
Wilhelm Goldmann Verlag GmbH Die Schonsten Sagen DES Klassichen Altertums
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£12.86
Hirmer Verlag GmbH Songlines: Sieben Schwestern Erschaffen
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£26.17
Tectum Vom 'Kulturpark Berlin' Zum 'Spreepark
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£18.90
The University of Chicago Press Folktales of India Folktales of the World
Book SynopsisBringing together nearly 100 tales translated from 14 languages, this volume opens the vast narrative world of Indian folklore to readers of English. The editors include oral tales collected from tribal areas
£21.85
The University of Chicago Press The Lords First Night The Myth of the Droit de
Book SynopsisA case study of the folklore of sexuality, this text examines the myth of the droit de cuissage and how for seven hundred years each era used the mythical custom to its own ends in an insight into popular misconceptions of the Middle Ages. Studies
£30.00
The University of Chicago Press Folktales of England
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£23.80
The University of Chicago Press How Philosophers Saved Myths Allegorical
Book SynopsisDescribes how the myths of Greece and Rome were transmitted from antiquity to the Renaissance. This study reveals how philosophers employed allegory and how it enabled myth to take on a number of different interpretive systems throughout the centuries: moral, physical, psychological, political, and even metaphysical.Trade Review"A compressed overview with moments of great insight.... Its strengths lie in the details Brisson is able to work into this brief treatment." - Peter Struck, Journal of Religion "This wonderful book confirms Brisson's status as one of the major authorities in the field of classical antiquity. Overall, and with this excellent translation, the book is invaluable." - Choice"
£24.00
The University of Chicago Press Flights of Fancy Leaps of Faith Childrens Myths
Book SynopsisIs it right for children to believe in myths? By encouraging such myths, are parents lying to children? This text explores how children themselves see characters such as Santa, the Easter Bunny and the Tooth Fairy, and discusses the possible effects that belief in such figures has on children.
£26.00
The University of Chicago Press Splitting the Difference Gender and Myth in
Book SynopsisHindu and Greek mythologies teem with stories of women and men who are doubled, this text recounts and compares a vast range of these tales from ancient Greece and India. The comparisons show that differences in gender are more significant than differences in culture.
£30.00
The University of Chicago Press Buying the Wind Regional Folklore in the United
Book SynopsisThis anthology of regional folklore displays the abundance, humor, and continuing vigor of the American oral tradition. The collection explores rich and distinctive lore of Maine Down-Easters, Pennsylvania Dutchmen, Southern mountaineers, Louisiana Cajuns, Illinois Egyptians, Southwest Mexicans, and Utah Mormons. Their tales, songs, riddles, proverbs, games, superstitions, and customs provide a wealth of living folklore presented here as it was recorded in the field. And this unvarnished folklore factretains the spicy flavor of authentic narrative, told in the vernacular of the skillful folk storyteller.
£45.60
The University of Chicago Press Preserving the Spell
Book SynopsisCarrying his story into the twentieth century, the author mounts an argument for freeing fairy tales from their bland contemporary forms, and reinvigorating your belief that we still can find new, powerfully transformative ways of telling these stories.Trade Review"A wonderfully original work. Maggi's analysis is erudite but adventurous, and he is an exacting, inquisitive, and often brilliant reader. He combines and links the macroscopic-the consideration of major questions in literary and cultural history-and the microscopic-extended close readings-in exemplary fashion. This is a book about fairy tales, but it is also an extended reflection on the fundamental human activity of narration itself-why and how we tell tales and how these tales transform over time." (Nancy L. Canepa, Dartmouth College)
£45.60
The University of Chicago Press The Presence of Myth
Book SynopsisWith this text, Leszek Kolakowski demonstrates that no matter how hard man strives for purely rational thought, there has always been - and always will be - a resevoir of mythical images that lend being and consciousness a specifically human meaning.
£24.00
The University of Chicago Press The Story of Lynx
Book SynopsisIn this wide-ranging work, Claude Levi-Strauss examines the mythology of American Indians and seeks to illustrate how contact with Europeans have altered these tales.
£24.00
The University of Chicago Press The Baker Who Pretended to Be King of Portugal
Book SynopsisOn August 4, 1578, in an ill-conceived attempt to wrest Morocco back from the hands of the infidel Moors, King Sebastian of Portugal led his troops to slaughter and was himself slain. Sixteen years later, King Sebastian rose again. The author recalls this conspiracy, marked both by scheming and absurdity, and the legal inquest that followed.Trade Review"Ruth MacKay draws upon a wealth of new materials culled from various archives, both Spanish and Portuguese, together with an array of printed primary sources-chronicles, spiritual treatises, ambassadorial reports, etc.-to offer new insights into the gripping tale of the pastelero de Madrigal. Her account of the young King Sebastian and his 1578 death in Morocco at the fabled 'Battle of the Three Kings' is by far the best I have ever read. The Baker Who Pretended to Be King of Portugal is beautifully crafted and a true delight to read." -Richard L. Kagan, Johns Hopkins University"
£31.00
The University of Chicago Press Other Peoples Myths The Cave of Echoes
Book SynopsisOther People's Myths celebrates the universal art of storytelling, and the rich diversity of stories that people live by. Drawing on Biblical parables, Greek myths, Hindu epics, and the modern mythologies of Woody Allen and soap operas, Wendy Doniger O'Flaherty encourages us to feel anew the force of myth and tradition in our lives, and in the lives of other cultures. She shows how the stories of mythology--whether of Greek gods, Chinese sages, or Polish rabbis--enable all cultures to define themselves. She raises critical questions about the way we interpret mythical stories, especially the way different cultures make use of central texts and traditions. And she offers a sophisticated way of looking at the roles myths play in all cultures.
£24.00
The University of Chicago Press Myths of the DogMan
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McGill-Queen's University Press The Productions of Time
Book SynopsisMyth criticism flourished in the mid-twentieth century under the powerful influence of Canadian thinker Northrop Frye. It asserted the need to identify common, unifying patterns in literature, arts, and religion. Although it was eclipsed by postmodern theories that asserted difference and conflict, those theories proved incapable of inspiring solidarity or guiding social action. The Productions of Time argues for a return to myth criticism in order to refine and extend its vision.With the aim of rehabilitating myth criticism for our time, Michael Dolzani sketches an anatomy of the imagination as demonstrated in the total body of its productions, including literature, mythology, the arts, popular culture, and religious and political texts. Dolzani situates a vast panoply of images, character types, plot structures, themes, and genres to better understand their purposes, their recurrences across broad spans of history, and their interrelations. Illustrating the relationshTrade Review"Dolzani engages big questions, and his provocative book should prove richly heuristic. Highly recommended." Choice
£63.00
McGill-Queen's University Press Tigers and the Internet Story Shamans History
Book SynopsisThe Udege, a small Indigenous group in Russia’s far east, have a rich oral storytelling tradition. Kira Van Deusen befriended and interviewed Udege storytellers during her travels in Russia. Tigers and the Internet shows their fascinating culture and provides a valuable collection of their stories translated into English.Trade Review"This book offers English speakers a memorably authentic portrait of what has been preserved of Udege narrative heritage in the 21st century. Based on years of travel and original research through personal connections, Van Deusen ... has compiled excellent translations of stories recorded from traditional storytellers. Her commentary bridges past, present, and future to provide unique glimpses into the culture of a people who have managed to survive modern intrusions into their traditional world. This fascinating and well-written study is excellent for folklorists, ecologists, and social scientists interested in the Indigenous peoples of Asian Russia. Highly recommended." CHOICE
£25.64
Columbia University Press Samuel Pepys Penny Merriments Being a Collection
Book SynopsisThough collections of Chinese fiction, poetry, and drama abound, there have been no English-language anthologies of Chinese essays on the market. Now, veteran sinologist David Pollard has selected and translated the best and most representative examples of Chinese prose writing from the third century to the contemporary period. Succinctly tracing the history of the genre in China in his introduction, Pollard then wittily and informatively introduces each writer chosen. The selections themselves include Ye Shengtao's ruminations of making a boat trip to visit his ancestors' graves, Fan Bao on life in prison, Gui Yougang's reminiscence of his mother, Yuan Mei's essay on borrowing books, and more. These writings not only give us marvelous little sketches of everyday life, lifting the curtain to a past world, they reveal still more about the minds of the writers and how they saw the world they lived in. Though the compositions span the past 1,800 years, the bulk of the selections are froTrade Review"In keeping with its venerable tradition of publishing scholarship on China, Columbia has produced a groundbreaking work edited by a respected Sinologist and translator. In his lengthy and useful introduction to this collection of essays by 36 Chinese authors, Pollard discusses the important differences between the Western notion of 'essay' and its Chinese version--or sanwen (everything that is not a poem)--which is steeped in the classical school curriculum...Pollard's up-to-date, lucid translations of this specialized form of prose can be read effectively as a companion piece to Elizabeth Buckley Ebrey's sourcebook Chinese Civilization and Society (CH, Jul'81) by anyone interested in serious study of Chinese history and culture." -- ChoiceTable of ContentsPreface Acknowledgements Skeleton Chronology Introduction To Lead out the Army, by Zhuge Liang Requiem for Myself, by Tao Qian Address to the Crocodiles of Chaozhou, by Han Yu Goodbye to Penury The Whip Vendor, by Liu Zongyuan My First Excursion to West Mountain The Small Rock Poor West of the Hillock A Monument to Rustic Temples, by Lu Guimeng The Old Toper's Pavilion, by Ouyang Xiu The Terrace over the Void, by Su Shi Master Table Mountain Red Cliff: One Inscription for the Temple of Han Yu at Chaozhou The Pavilion of Elation, by Su Che The Mosquito Dialogue, by Fang Xiaoru My Mother: A Brief Life, by Gui Youguang The Xiangji Studio Tiger Hill, by Yuan Hongdao The Rewards of Stupidity The Full Moon Festival at the West Lake, by Zhang Dai Wang Yuesheng Liu Jingting: Storyteller The Jades of Yangshou Pleasant Diversions: Judging Beauty, by Li Yu Pleasant Diversions: Accomplishments Pleasant Diversions: Literacy Pleasant Diversions: Clothes Life in Prison, by Fang Bao Thoughts on Master Huang's Book Borrowing, by Yuan Mei Three Summer Pests, by Lu Xun The Evolution of the Male Sex Ah Jin Confucius in Modern China Relentless Rain, by Zhou Zuoren Reading in the Lavatory On 'Passing the Itch' The Ageing of Ghosts In Praise of Mutes The Ornamental Iron Mountain, by Xia Mianzun Winter at White Horse Lake Three Kinds of Boat, by Ye Shengtao My Own Patch of Green Intellectuals Eating Melon Seeds, by Feng Zikai Autumn Bombs in Yishan Village School and Academy, by Yu Dafu The Winter Scene in Jiangnan The View from the Rear, by Zhu Ziqing Traces of Wenzhou The Lotus Pond by Moonlight Sickness, by Liang Shi-ch'iu Haircut Listening to Plays On the Road, by Liang Yuchun Well-meant Words A Temple Lodging, by Lu Li The Art of Listening, by Yang Jiang Cloak of Invisibility Elegy, by He Qifang Chignon, by Ch'I Chun The Religion of the Chinese, by Eileen Chang A Beating The Last Word in Beauty and Ugliness, by Wang Ting-chun Footprints Thus Friends Absent Speak, by Yu Kwang-chung My Four Hypothetical Enemies The Call of the Ruins, by Zongpu The Countryside of the Past, by Koarnhak Tarn Today's Countryside We Can't Bring Back the Past, by Huang Chunming Waiting for a Flower's Name Shanghai People, by Yu Qiuyu Goodwives, by Zhang Xingjian References
£90.40
Columbia University Press The Implied Spider
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewAn entertaining and highly accessible look at how myths reveal what is common to all humanity. Parabola A racy, enjoyable book... Wendy Doniger brings to her study a wealth of story and folklore from many different traditions, exploring creatively the enduring role of myth through time and across cultures. Theological Book Review A timely meditation on what comparative studies might mean... a cross-cultural comparison of different stories from different areas of the world, different tribes, different languages. London Review of Books A book that is particularly worthy of the attention of readers in religious studies beyond the history of religions. Since it is Wendy Doniger's most methodological book, The Implied Spider is important, not for its analysis of myths, but for the arguments that it makes in support of the comparative study of myths. Religious Studies Review By analyzing the political, theological, and psychological structures of the sacred stories of various cultures through time, from the Hebrew Bible to Star Trek, Doniger shows how myths create a shared interdisciplinary narrative of all human creatures... Ranging widely, she offers a detailed, scholarly account. Library Journal Sparkling with erudite and often entertaining intertextual references, The Implied Spider is an impressive web delicately constructed of deft analysis together with a sustained argument about the myth's ability to convey and conjure the theological and the political. With its challenges to literary theorists, historians, and ethnographers, it takes various bulls by their respective horns. It will doubtless delight and surely provoke readers, whatever their ilk. Church HistoryTable of ContentsPreface to the Updated Edition: Context and History Acknowledgments Introduction: Myth and Metaphor 1. Microscopes and Telescopes 2. Dark Cats, Barking Dogs, Chariots, and Knives 3. Implied Spiders and the Politics of Individualism 4. Micromyths, Macromyths, and Multivocality 5. Mother Goose and the Voices of Women 6. Textual Pluralism and Academic Pluralism Notes Bibliography Index
£83.60
University of Illinois Press Robert Johnson Mythmaking and Contemporary
Book SynopsisMississippi bluesman Robert Johnson died young and left behind just twenty-nine recorded songs. But the legacy, legends, and lore surrounding him loom large in American music history. Merging literary analysis with cultural criticism and biographical study, Patricia R. Schroeder explores Johnson''s ongoing role as a cultural icon. Schroeder''s detailed analysis engages key images and myths about the blues musician (such as the Faustian crossroads exchange of his soul for guitar virtuosity). Navigating the many competing interpretations that swirl around him, Schroeder reveals the cultural purposes served by the stories and the storytellers. The result is a fascinating examination of the relationships among Johnson''s life, its subsequent portrayals, and the forces that drove the representations.Offering penetrating insights into both Johnson and the society that perpetuates him, Robert Johnson, Mythmaking, and Contemporary American Culture is essential reading for blueTrade ReviewCertificate of Merit for Best Research in Recorded Blues by the Association for Recorded Sound Collections (ARSC), 2005. "Patricia Schroeder's book is intellectually generous and morally acute. She is sensitive both to what is lost when Robert Johnson is disappeared from history into myth, and what is gained when both the man and his work become the common property--the imaginative free field--of all those, like Schroeder herself, who could never have encountered Johnson or his songs in their own place and time."--Greil Marcus"Patricia Schroeder's masterful study of Robert Johnson touches the virtual and the historical, from websites to short stories, documentary films to recent legends. Venturing well beyond the bluesman's Mississippi home and the records he made in the late 1930s, she shows how our modern world has embraced him as a complex and emblematic figure."--Stephen WadeTable of ContentsIntroduction: Mythologies of Robert Johnson; Robert Johnson as contested space; The invention of the past; The paradox of authenticity; The new cultural politics difference; Virtual Robert Johnson; Conclusion: Robert Johnson, a strange attractor
£20.89
University of Illinois Press The Complete Fables of Jean de La Fontaine
Book SynopsisAn inspired new translation of the work of one of the world's greatest fabulistsTrade ReviewLewis Galantière Prize, American Translators Association, 2008. "The translations are not literal but instead convey the spirit of the 17th-century writer. The volume includes . . . extensive notes offering comments and explicating sources, references, translation difficulties, and so on; and lovely illustrations by David Schorr. Highly recommended."--Choice"Ably translated from the French by Shapiro, the voices of the animals, birds, insects (and even the occasional human) who populate La Fontaine's fables come alive in rhyme and rhythm that develop the traditional tales." --Library Journal"In Shapiro's translations, meaning and sound patterns flow into each other with metrical control and create La Fontaine's soothing melody, which is reinforced through a never-ending wit and humor to articulate and to overcome his distaste for human folly."--Translation Review
£87.55
University of Illinois Press Storytelling in Siberia The Olonkho Epic in a
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Harris' book is significant, accessible, and intriguing. . . . Wonderfully reflexive, providing a glimpse into dialogue with key people in the revitalization effort, people who are concerned that history of the prized ethnic tradition is recounted rightly." --Western Folklore"A most-welcome contribution to the analysis of the problems facing traditional art forms in the modern world." --Journal of American Folklore"Deeply researched . . . With detailed analysis, Harris describes the changes that olonkho has endured from before the Soviet time, during the Communist regime, through perestroika, up to its present day."--Songlines"Strong ethnography is what makes Storytelling in Siberia an important text, taking readers to a place little studied, to the particularity of olonkho." --Ethnomusicology Forum"Harris has crafted a complex and critical evaluation of a cultural-revival project in practice." --The Russian Review"Of relevance to understanding the challenges of cultural reemergence in other parts of the globe, this compelling book informs anthropologists and ethnomusicologists as well as a much broader audience about one of the true masterpieces of the world's oral literature-- its origins, content, and future. Readers witness the interplay of Christian and pre-Christian interpretations, the sad legacy of cultural loss during the Soviet years, and the aspirations of a modern nation to reclaim its vanishing cultural heritage amid a rapidly changing world. . . . Highly recommended."--Choice"Rich in information about a sonic performance tradition little known in the West, Storytelling in Siberia is an important introduction to both Sakha storytelling and its history. Multidisciplinary in scope." --The World of Music“Robin Harris’s up-close and vividly written account of how an epic tradition from Siberia was proclaimed a UNESCO Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity is a masterpiece of contemporary ethnography in its own right.”--Theodore Levin, Dartmouth College "Ancient artistry comes to us through the trial of centuries. This book gives us hope that the heroic epics of the Yakuts, having survived under Soviet power, will outlive these rapidly changing, turbulent times as well."--Eduard Alekseyev, Academy of Spirituality, Sakha Republic (Yakutia) "Harris accomplished a laudable work. . . . Storytelling in Siberia is an important introduction to both Sakha storytelling and its history." --World of MusicTable of ContentsList of Illustrations ix Notes on Transliteration from Russian and Sakha xi Acknowledgments xiii Introduction: Encountering Olonkho 1 1 Epic Traditions, Performers, and Audiences 11 2 Effects of Change during the Soviet Era 33 3 Esteem for a Masterpiece: The Quest for Recognition 64 4 Examining the Role of UNESCO and Intangible Cultural Heritage 89 5 Elements of Resilience: Stable and Malleable 108 6 Epic Revitalization: Negotiating Identities and Other Challenges 135 7 Ensuring Sustainability through Transmission and Innovation 156 Glossary of Russian and Sakha Words 163 Notes 165 Works Cited 203 Index 225
£77.35
University of Illinois Press Myths America Lives By White Supremacy and the
Book SynopsisTrade Review"This book is very powerful and has the potential of contributing to the healing of American culture with respect to race and equity." --Stone-Campbell Journal"It takes a whole lot of courage for white theologians and scholars to speak the truth about race. If we had more white theologians and religion scholars like Hughes who would break their silence about white supremacy and face it for what it is, we--together--could make a better world." -- James H. Cone, author of The Cross and the Lynching Tree "The American national story is a myth, built on a series of myths that Richard Hughes reveals in this critical book. Myths America Lives By is a book we all need in order to understand ourselves, to understand our nation, to understand White supremacy."--Ibram X. Kendi, National Book Award-winning author of Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America"Richard Hughes' Myths America Lives By was already required reading when it was released back in the pre-Trump era. With this update of his lacerating critique of the sordidness of American civil religion and other destructive myths, Hughes now indicts white supremacy as the foundational myth providing the most accelerant to those other myths that have burned through our history. Richard Hughes thinks hard and listens even harder to the historians, the scholars and, most of all, the prophets who understood the malignancy of white supremacy long before he did. The result is Myths America Lives By: White Supremacy and the Stories that Gives Us Meaning. Once again, Hughes' willingness to tell the truth about the myths we live by has put us all in his debt."--Tony Norman, columnist, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette"For those of us who struggle to understand the racially charged polarities of today as well as the highs and lows of our American past, this book paints a heartbreaking, damning, and intimately clear picture." --Christian Chronicle"Myths America Lives By is an essential read for those interested in shattering the cycle of racism and imaging a new way forward. The book strikes the perfect balance between intellectual knowledge and heartfelt story-telling." --Diverse"Those who don't understand their history are destined to repeat it over and over again. If we want to break the cycle of American racism, we must confront our history and the myths that underlie it. Reading Richard Hughes's The Myths America Lives By is a good place to start. Well worth reading, and a useful primer for many college classrooms!" -- Beverly Daniel Tatum, author of Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? And Other Conversations about Race"Fresh and stunning." --The Christian Century "The myth of white supremacy, as Hughes shows, is deeply embedded both in American culture and in American Christianity, which makes its recognition and extermination so crucial." --Intersections "Prophetic, accessible, illuminating, and full of hard truths that have the potential to change minds and lives, the book deserves a wide audience." --Restoration Quarterly "I have been under the tutelage of Dr. Richard Hughes since I was mentored by him in graduate school. He never ceases to challenge my easy assumptions, invoke history I do not know, and lift my vision to more elevated realms. Agree with him on every matter or not, I am better for having contended with him. How much we need voices such as his today."--Stephen Mansfield, New York Times bestselling author of The Faith of Barack Obama "A fearless, well-researched, searing critique that shatters the underpinnings of white racial superiority in America and abroad."--Joseph Robinson Jr., president, Martin Luther King Leadership Development Institute "Myths America Lives By is prophetic--not merely in the predictive sense, so evident in the first edition, but in the far more consequential sense of prophecy as calling us to repentance and to our better selves. This is a very fine book, offering both a searing critique and a summons to embrace our common humanity."--Randall Balmer, author of Redeemer: The Life of Jimmy Carter
£77.35
University of Illinois Press Dirty Jokes and Bawdy Songs
Book SynopsisCollector of sexual folklore. Cataloger of erotica. Tireless social critic. Gershon Legman's singular, disreputable resume made him a counter-cultural touchstone during his forty-year exile in France. Despite his obscurity today, Legman's prescient work and passion for the prurient laid the groundwork for our contemporary study of the forbidden. Susan G. Davis follows the life and times of the figure driven to share what he found in civilization's secret libraries. Self-taught and fiercely unaffiliated, Legman collected the risqué on street corners and in theaters and dug it out of little-known archives. If the sexual humor he uncovered often used laughter to disguise hostility and fear, he still believed it indispensable to the human experience. Davis reveals Legman in all his prickly, provocative complexity as an outrageous nonconformist thundering at a wrong-headed world while reveling in conflict, violating laws and boundaries with equal abandon, and pursuing love and improbable adTrade Review"A more difficult subject is hard to imagine—a self-taught, little-known, irascible scholar who with little support and great opposition delved into some of the darkest corners of culture. Yet this remarkable and utterly engaging biography is the epic story of an unlikely hero as well as a lesson in just how much one person can accomplish in one lifetime. It also evokes an era, one uncomfortably like our own, in which scholars, theologians, politicians, and police wrestle with the unresolved issues of love and death."--John Szwed, author of Billie Holiday: The Musician and the Myth "A vigorous. . . intellectual biography of [Legman's] peculiar, relentless career." --Times Literary SupplementTable of ContentsList of Illustrations List of Abbreviations Acknowledgements Preface Introduction Chapter One: The Stranger Chapter Two: Sex Researcher Chapter Three: Kinsey's Bibliographer Chapter Four: Love & Death Chapter 5: Neurotica Chapter Six: Advanced Studies Chapter Seven: "The Ballad" and The Horn Book Chapter Eight: The Key to the Fields Chapter Nine: The Hell Drawer Chapter Ten: Under Mt. Cheiron List of Works Consulted Unpublished Works Interviews Archives of Papers and Letters
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University of Illinois Press Performing Environmentalisms Expressive Culture
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University of Illinois Press Social Voices The Cultural Politics of Singers
Book SynopsisTrade Review“Social Voices resounds with memorable, personal, and prophetic stories of how singers shape our worlds. An expansive, versatile, and mind-opening volume.”--William Cheng, author of Queering the Field: Sounding Out EthnomusicologyTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction: The Cultural Politics of Singers Levi S. GibbsPart I. The Politics of Authenticity and Iconicity Introduction Jeff Todd Titon 1. Becoming a “Folk” Icon: Pete Seeger and Musical Activism Anthony Seeger 2. An Ordinary Icon: Cassettes, Counternarratives, and Shaykh Imam Andrew Simon 3. Idolatry and Iconoclasm in K-Pop Fandom John LiePart II. Race, Gender, Ethnicity, and Class Introduction Eric Lott 4. All On They Mouth Like Liquor Treva B. Lindsey 5. Compromise and Competition: The Musical Identities of Afro-Cuban Women SingersChristina D. Abreu 6. Challenging the Divide Between Elite and Mass Cultures: Opera Icon Beverly Sills Nancy GuyPart III. Multiplicities of Representations Introduction Ruth Hellier 7. Artful Politics of the Voice: “Queen of Romani Music” Esma Redžepova Carol Silverman 8. Teresa Teng: Embodying Asia’s Cold WarsMichael K. Bourdaghs 9. Women, Political Voice, and the South African Diaspora, 1959-2020 Carol A. MullerPart IV. Singers and Songs as Interweaving Narratives Introduction Kwame Dawes 10. The Vocal Narratives of Lata Mangeshkar: Gender, Politics, and Nation in India Natalie Sarrazin 11. Ya Toyour: One Song in Two Voices Katherine Meizel Afterword: The Power of Song Elijah Wald Contributors Index
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MO - University of Illinois Press The J. Golden Kimball Stories
Book SynopsisThe sharp wit of a free-thinking Mormon folk heroTrade Review"Bridging the gap between western folklore and history, The J. Golden Kimball Stories reveals details of life in the West from the past as well as the present."--Overland Journal"Insightful and delightful reading."--Journal of Folklore Research “A funny and fascinating body of oral anecdotes.”--Studies in American Humor“A well-researched, well-rounded exploration of a Mormon folk hero that is not only informative, but engaging. . . . Eliason has written a book that conscientiously manages to entertain and enlighten.”--Western Historical Quarterly
£17.09
University of Illinois Press SelfHelp Books
Book SynopsisUnderstanding instead of lamenting the popularity of self-help booksTrade Review"Dolby has written a timely, important, and provocative book that introduced me to a new and smart way of viewing this body of literary work. Scholarly yet accessible, Self-Help Books presents a solid argument about why the oral, traditional foundation of narratives for these self-help books helps to make them successful." --Elaine Lawless, author of Women Escaping Violence: Empowerment through Narrative“Dolby's wide reading in self-help books, her nuanced analyses of their writing, intelligent use of reader testimony, and the effective application of theory and concepts from folklore combine to produce a book that will have appeal for both scholars and general readers.”--Patrick B. Mullen, author of The Man Who Adores the Negro: Race and American Folklore
£19.79
University of Illinois Press Myths America Lives By
Book SynopsisTrade Review"This book is very powerful and has the potential of contributing to the healing of American culture with respect to race and equity." --Stone-Campbell Journal"It takes a whole lot of courage for white theologians and scholars to speak the truth about race. If we had more white theologians and religion scholars like Hughes who would break their silence about white supremacy and face it for what it is, we--together--could make a better world." -- James H. Cone, author of The Cross and the Lynching Tree "The American national story is a myth, built on a series of myths that Richard Hughes reveals in this critical book. Myths America Lives By is a book we all need in order to understand ourselves, to understand our nation, to understand White supremacy."--Ibram X. Kendi, National Book Award-winning author of Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America"Richard Hughes' Myths America Lives By was already required reading when it was released back in the pre-Trump era. With this update of his lacerating critique of the sordidness of American civil religion and other destructive myths, Hughes now indicts white supremacy as the foundational myth providing the most accelerant to those other myths that have burned through our history. Richard Hughes thinks hard and listens even harder to the historians, the scholars and, most of all, the prophets who understood the malignancy of white supremacy long before he did. The result is Myths America Lives By: White Supremacy and the Stories that Gives Us Meaning. Once again, Hughes' willingness to tell the truth about the myths we live by has put us all in his debt."--Tony Norman, columnist, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette"For those of us who struggle to understand the racially charged polarities of today as well as the highs and lows of our American past, this book paints a heartbreaking, damning, and intimately clear picture." --Christian Chronicle"Myths America Lives By is an essential read for those interested in shattering the cycle of racism and imaging a new way forward. The book strikes the perfect balance between intellectual knowledge and heartfelt story-telling." --Diverse"Those who don't understand their history are destined to repeat it over and over again. If we want to break the cycle of American racism, we must confront our history and the myths that underlie it. Reading Richard Hughes's The Myths America Lives By is a good place to start. Well worth reading, and a useful primer for many college classrooms!" -- Beverly Daniel Tatum, author of Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? And Other Conversations about Race"Fresh and stunning." --The Christian Century "The myth of white supremacy, as Hughes shows, is deeply embedded both in American culture and in American Christianity, which makes its recognition and extermination so crucial." --Intersections "Prophetic, accessible, illuminating, and full of hard truths that have the potential to change minds and lives, the book deserves a wide audience." --Restoration Quarterly "I have been under the tutelage of Dr. Richard Hughes since I was mentored by him in graduate school. He never ceases to challenge my easy assumptions, invoke history I do not know, and lift my vision to more elevated realms. Agree with him on every matter or not, I am better for having contended with him. How much we need voices such as his today."--Stephen Mansfield, New York Times bestselling author of The Faith of Barack Obama "A fearless, well-researched, searing critique that shatters the underpinnings of white racial superiority in America and abroad."--Joseph Robinson Jr., president, Martin Luther King Leadership Development Institute "Myths America Lives By is prophetic--not merely in the predictive sense, so evident in the first edition, but in the far more consequential sense of prophecy as calling us to repentance and to our better selves. This is a very fine book, offering both a searing critique and a summons to embrace our common humanity."--Randall Balmer, author of Redeemer: The Life of Jimmy Carter
£15.19
University of Illinois Press Storytelling in Siberia
Book SynopsisOlonkho, the epic narrative and song tradition of Siberia’s Sakha people, declined to the brink of extinction during the Soviet era. In 2005, UNESCO’s Masterpiece Proclamation sparked a resurgence of interest in olonkho by recognizing its important role in humanity’s oral and intangible heritage. Drawing on her ten years of living in the Russian North, Robin P. Harris documents how the Sakha have used the Masterpiece program to revive olonkho and strengthen their cultural identity. Harris’s personal relationships with and primary research among Sakha people provide vivid insights into understanding olonkho and the attenuation, revitalization, transformation, and sustainability of the Sakha’s cultural reemergence. Interdisciplinary in scope, Storytelling in Siberia considers the nature of folklore alongside ethnomusicology, anthropology, comparative literature, and cultural studies to shed light on how marginalized peoples areTrade Review"Harris' book is significant, accessible, and intriguing. . . . Wonderfully reflexive, providing a glimpse into dialogue with key people in the revitalization effort, people who are concerned that history of the prized ethnic tradition is recounted rightly." --Western Folklore"A most-welcome contribution to the analysis of the problems facing traditional art forms in the modern world." --Journal of American Folklore"Deeply researched . . . With detailed analysis, Harris describes the changes that olonkho has endured from before the Soviet time, during the Communist regime, through perestroika, up to its present day."--Songlines"Strong ethnography is what makes Storytelling in Siberia an important text, taking readers to a place little studied, to the particularity of olonkho." --Ethnomusicology Forum"Harris has crafted a complex and critical evaluation of a cultural-revival project in practice." --The Russian Review"Of relevance to understanding the challenges of cultural reemergence in other parts of the globe, this compelling book informs anthropologists and ethnomusicologists as well as a much broader audience about one of the true masterpieces of the world's oral literature-- its origins, content, and future. Readers witness the interplay of Christian and pre-Christian interpretations, the sad legacy of cultural loss during the Soviet years, and the aspirations of a modern nation to reclaim its vanishing cultural heritage amid a rapidly changing world. . . . Highly recommended."--Choice"Rich in information about a sonic performance tradition little known in the West, Storytelling in Siberia is an important introduction to both Sakha storytelling and its history. Multidisciplinary in scope." --The World of Music“Robin Harris’s up-close and vividly written account of how an epic tradition from Siberia was proclaimed a UNESCO Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity is a masterpiece of contemporary ethnography in its own right.”--Theodore Levin, Dartmouth College "Ancient artistry comes to us through the trial of centuries. This book gives us hope that the heroic epics of the Yakuts, having survived under Soviet power, will outlive these rapidly changing, turbulent times as well."--Eduard Alekseyev, Academy of Spirituality, Sakha Republic (Yakutia) "Harris accomplished a laudable work. . . . Storytelling in Siberia is an important introduction to both Sakha storytelling and its history." --World of MusicTable of ContentsList of Illustrations ix Notes on Transliteration from Russian and Sakha xi Acknowledgments xiii Introduction: Encountering Olonkho 1 1 Epic Traditions, Performers, and Audiences 11 2 Effects of Change during the Soviet Era 33 3 Esteem for a Masterpiece: The Quest for Recognition 64 4 Examining the Role of UNESCO and Intangible Cultural Heritage 89 5 Elements of Resilience: Stable and Malleable 108 6 Epic Revitalization: Negotiating Identities and Other Challenges 135 7 Ensuring Sustainability through Transmission and Innovation 156 Glossary of Russian and Sakha Words 163 Notes 165 Works Cited 203 Index 225
£22.79
University of Illinois Press Social Voices
Book SynopsisSingers generating cultural identity from K-Pop to Beverly Sills Around the world and across time, singers and their songs stand at the crossroads of differing politics and perspectives. Levi S. Gibbs edits a collection built around the idea of listening as a political act that produces meaning. Contributors explore a wide range of issues by examining artists like Romani icon Esma Redžepova, Indian legend Lata Mangeshkar, and pop superstar Teresa Teng. Topics include gendered performances and the negotiation of race and class identities; the class-related contradictions exposed by the divide between highbrow and pop culture; links between narratives of overcoming struggle and the distinction between privileged and marginalized identities; singers’ ability to adapt to shifting notions of history, borders, gender, and memory in order to connect with listeners; how the meanings we read into a singer’s life and art build on one another; and technology’s ability Trade Review“Social Voices resounds with memorable, personal, and prophetic stories of how singers shape our worlds. An expansive, versatile, and mind-opening volume.”--William Cheng, author of Queering the Field: Sounding Out EthnomusicologyTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction: The Cultural Politics of Singers Levi S. GibbsPart I. The Politics of Authenticity and Iconicity Introduction Jeff Todd Titon 1. Becoming a “Folk” Icon: Pete Seeger and Musical Activism Anthony Seeger 2. An Ordinary Icon: Cassettes, Counternarratives, and Shaykh Imam Andrew Simon 3. Idolatry and Iconoclasm in K-Pop Fandom John LiePart II. Race, Gender, Ethnicity, and Class Introduction Eric Lott 4. All On They Mouth Like Liquor Treva B. Lindsey 5. Compromise and Competition: The Musical Identities of Afro-Cuban Women SingersChristina D. Abreu 6. Challenging the Divide Between Elite and Mass Cultures: Opera Icon Beverly Sills Nancy GuyPart III. Multiplicities of Representations Introduction Ruth Hellier 7. Artful Politics of the Voice: “Queen of Romani Music” Esma Redžepova Carol Silverman 8. Teresa Teng: Embodying Asia’s Cold WarsMichael K. Bourdaghs 9. Women, Political Voice, and the South African Diaspora, 1959-2020 Carol A. MullerPart IV. Singers and Songs as Interweaving Narratives Introduction Kwame Dawes 10. The Vocal Narratives of Lata Mangeshkar: Gender, Politics, and Nation in India Natalie Sarrazin 11. Ya Toyour: One Song in Two Voices Katherine Meizel Afterword: The Power of Song Elijah Wald Contributors Index
£21.59
Indiana University Press UNESCO on the Ground Local Perspectives on
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewAll in all, this important new volume sheds welcome light on issues that have been adumbrated in the academic literature regarding UNESCO and the safeguarding of intangible heritage * International Journal of Intangible Heritage *[T]his is an excellent and useful book for both individual and classroom learning.Vol. 11.1 2017 * Museum Anthropology Review *The prose is engaging, focused, tightly edited, and although theoretically nuanced, includes abundant ethnographic examples making it approachable for undergraduates. * Western Folklore *UNESCO on the Ground provides valuable insights into local perspectives on UNESCO and ICH nomination processes that help in understanding the interplay between local contexts and global heritage regimes. it is an intriguing read for scholars in the field of cultural heritage because it discusses debates about cultural heritage from an 'on- the- ground' and comparative perspective. * Journal of American Folklore *This volume constitutes an important resource for those who would like to study—and especially to teach—how the concept of "intangible cultural heritage" has been deployed internationally in the twenty-first century * Journal of Folklore Research *ICH safeguarding programmes and scholarship studiously avoid the word 'folklore', typically eliding folklore studies and public folklore. This volume demonstrates through empirically rich case studies how folklorists are uniquely equipped to illuminate the transformations of form, practice, and social functions through ICH, as well as ambiguous consequences of these transformations. * Folklore *The book is important for researchers and curators alike in that it provides insightful examples and critical discussions within an overarching framework. * Asian Ethnology *Table of Contents1 IntroductionMichael Dylan Foster[Section: Local Studies]2 Voices on the Ground: Kutiyattam, UNESCO, and the Heritage of HumanityLeah Lowthorp3 The Economic Imperative of UNESCO Recognition: A South Korean Shamanic RitualKyoim Yun4 Demonic or Cultural Treasure? Local Perspectives on Vimbuza, ICH, and UNESCO in MalawiLisa Gilman5 Imagined UNESCOs: Interpreting ICH on a Japanese IslandMichael Dylan Foster6 Macedonia, UNESCO, and Intangible Cultural Heritage: The Challenging Fate of TeshkotoCarol Silverman7 Shifting Actors and Power Relations: Contentious Local Responses to the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Contemporary ChinaZiying You[Section: Critical Discussion]8 Understanding UNESCO: The Importance of Understanding the Organization in Evaluations of Its ICH ProgramsAnthony Seeger9 Learning to Live with ICH: Diagnosis and TreatmentValdimar Tr. Hafstein10 Cultural Forms, Policy Objects, Local AgendasDorothy Noyes
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Indiana University Press The Legacy of Dell Hymes Ethnopoetics Narrative
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewThe contributors to this volume have not only revivified ethnopoetics as a research project in the contemporary moment; they have also pointed the way to fruitful lines of folkloristic research and collaboration in the future, lines founded on the importance of measured and allusive speech and that build on Dell hymes' commitment to the voices of marginalized peoples. * Journal of American Folklore * Table of ContentsIntroduction"Introducing Ethnopoetics: Hymes's Legacy," Anthony K. Webster and Paul V. Kroskrity[section] Listening for Voices1 "Reinventing Ethnopoetics," Robert Moore "The Patterning of Style: Indices of Performance through2 Ethnopoetic Analysis of Century-Old Wax Cylinders," Alexander D. King3 " 'Grow with That, Walk with That': Hymes, Dialogicality, and Text Collections," M. Eleanor Nevins4 " 'The Validity of Navajo Is in Its Sounds': On Hymes, Navajo Poetry, Punning, and the Recognition of Voice," Anthony K. Webster5 "Discursive Discriminations in the Representation of Western Mono and Yokuts Stories: Confronting Narrative Inequality and Listening to Indigenous Voices in Central California," Paul V. Kroskrity6 "Discovery and Dialogue in Ethnopoetics," Richard Bauman[section] Ethnopoetic Pathways 7 "The Poetics of Language Revitalization: Text, Performance, and Change," Gerald L. Carr and Barbra Meek8 "Translating Oral Literature in Indigenous Societies: Ethnic Aesthetic Performances in Multicultural and Multilingual Settings," Sean Patrick O'Neill9 "Ethnopoetics and Ideologies of Poetic Truth," David W. Samuels10 "Contested Mobilities: On the Politics and Ethnopoetics of Circulation," Charles L. BriggsIndex
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Indiana University Press Israel in the Making
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewWritten with a high awareness of folkloristic theory, the book will appeal not only to scholars interested in the evolving modern culture of Israel, but also to folklorists interested in critical and practice theory applied to traditionalized activities. * Choice *A richly researched book that meaningfully weaves together material culture study and narrative discourse, traditional and popular cultures, and politics and play, Israel in the Making is a multi-layered contribution to many adjacent fields. * Journal of American Folklore *Hagar Salamon's book is among a number of fascinating postmodern responses to the traditional concept of folklore. Its present-tense title, Israel in the Making, already liberates folklore from its frozen image and its association with ethnic groups and the past. A look at the contents reveals its presentation of a wider definition of what is folk and what is lore than has been the standard. The book deals with contemporary Israeli folklore, which is dynamic, constantly changing and far from a matter of the past. * Nashim *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Studying Israeli FolklorePart One: Folklore in the Israeli Public ArenaPart One Invitation: Bumper Stickers as a Podium in Motion1. Folklore as an Emotional Battleground: Political Bumper Stickers2. "We the people": "Ha'Am" in the Turbulent Sphere of Israeli Roads3. Kinetic Cosmologies: Sovereign and SovereigntyPart One Recapitulation: Public Interaction on the MovePart Two: Expressions in the Intimate Arena of EmbroideryPart Two Invitation: Embroidering Identity—Needlework and Needle-Talk4. Embroidering Their Selves: Femininity and Embroidery in a Jerusalem Women's Group5. Life Story as a Foundation Legend of Local Identity6. The Intimate Career of a Transitional Object: Needlepoint EmbroideriesPart Two Recapitulation: Needle Texts—Knowledge, Passion, and EmpowermentPart Three: Between the Public and the Private—The Mirrors of AmbivalencePart Three Invitation: Emplacing Israeliness—Shifting Performances of Belonging and Otherness7. The Floor Falling Away: Dislocated Space and Body in the Humor of Ethiopian Immigrants in Israel8. What Goes Around, Comes Around: Rotating Credit Associations among Ethiopian Women in Israel9. "David Levi" Jokes: The Ambivalence over the Levantinization of IsraelPart Three Recapitulation: Between Longing and Belonging—The Folkloric Expressions of AmbivalenceClosing Words: The Birth of Public Enunciation from the Spirit of Everyday LifeBibliographyIndex
£62.90
Indiana University Press Israel in the Making
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewWritten with a high awareness of folkloristic theory, the book will appeal not only to scholars interested in the evolving modern culture of Israel, but also to folklorists interested in critical and practice theory applied to traditionalized activities. * Choice *A richly researched book that meaningfully weaves together material culture study and narrative discourse, traditional and popular cultures, and politics and play, Israel in the Making is a multi-layered contribution to many adjacent fields. * Journal of American Folklore *Hagar Salamon's book is among a number of fascinating postmodern responses to the traditional concept of folklore. Its present-tense title, Israel in the Making, already liberates folklore from its frozen image and its association with ethnic groups and the past. A look at the contents reveals its presentation of a wider definition of what is folk and what is lore than has been the standard. The book deals with contemporary Israeli folklore, which is dynamic, constantly changing and far from a matter of the past. * Nashim *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Studying Israeli FolklorePart One: Folklore in the Israeli Public ArenaPart One Invitation: Bumper Stickers as a Podium in Motion1. Folklore as an Emotional Battleground: Political Bumper Stickers2. "We the people": "Ha'Am" in the Turbulent Sphere of Israeli Roads3. Kinetic Cosmologies: Sovereign and SovereigntyPart One Recapitulation: Public Interaction on the MovePart Two: Expressions in the Intimate Arena of EmbroideryPart Two Invitation: Embroidering Identity—Needlework and Needle-Talk4. Embroidering Their Selves: Femininity and Embroidery in a Jerusalem Women's Group5. Life Story as a Foundation Legend of Local Identity6. The Intimate Career of a Transitional Object: Needlepoint EmbroideriesPart Two Recapitulation: Needle Texts—Knowledge, Passion, and EmpowermentPart Three: Between the Public and the Private—The Mirrors of AmbivalencePart Three Invitation: Emplacing Israeliness—Shifting Performances of Belonging and Otherness7. The Floor Falling Away: Dislocated Space and Body in the Humor of Ethiopian Immigrants in Israel8. What Goes Around, Comes Around: Rotating Credit Associations among Ethiopian Women in Israel9. "David Levi" Jokes: The Ambivalence over the Levantinization of IsraelPart Three Recapitulation: Between Longing and Belonging—The Folkloric Expressions of AmbivalenceClosing Words: The Birth of Public Enunciation from the Spirit of Everyday LifeBibliographyIndex
£28.80
Indiana University Press Grand Theory in Folkloristics
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsForewordMichael Dylan Foster and Ray CashmanFolkloristics in the Twenty-First CenturyAlan DundesIntroductionAmerica's Antitheoretical FolkloristicsLee HaringThe Sweep of Knowledge: The Politics of Grand and Local Theory in FolkloristicsGary Alan FineWhat('s) Theory?Margaret A. MillsThe Philology of the VernacularRichard BaumanHumble TheoryDorothy NoyesGrand Theory, Nationalism, and American FolkloreJohn W. RobertsThere is No Grand Theory in Germany, and for Good ReasonJames R. DowResponsesWhat Theory IsNewton GarverWeak Theory in an Unfinished WorldKathleen Stewart"Or in Other Words": Recasting Grand TheoryKirin NarayanDisciplining FolkloristicsCharles L. BriggsAfterwordsReflections on Grand Theory, Graduate School, and Intellectual BallastChad Edward ButerbaughTen Years AfterLee Haring
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Indiana University Press The Stigmatized Vernacular Where Reflexivity
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsThe Stigmatized Vernacular: Where Reflexivity Meets UntellabilityDiane E. Goldstein and Amy Shuman"It's Really Hard to Tell the True Story of Tobacco": Stigma, Tellability, and Reflexive ScholarshipAnn K. FerrellContextualization, Reflexivity, and the Study of Diabetes-Related Stigma Sheila BockRethinking Ventriloquism: Untellability, Chaotic Narratives, Social Justice, and the Choice to Speak For, About, and WithoutDiane E. GoldsteinThe Stigmatized Vernacular: Political Asylum and the Politics of Visibility/RecognitionAmy Shuman and Carol Bohmer
£17.99
Indiana University Press Animal Tales from the Caribbean
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Cuentos CosteñosEditors' Introductory EssayGeorge List's IntroductionThe Stories 1. Mártara2. The Little Goat3. Of Aunt Vixen with Uncle Jaguar4. The Excursion of Rabbit5. The Pig Who Made Much Fun of the Donkey6. A Humorous Tale of Rabbit7. When Jaguar Wanted to Fight with Rabbit8. The Man9. Uncle Rabbit and Aunt Jaguar's Seven Children10. Uncle Rabbit and Uncle Alligator11. The Rabbit Who Wanted to be the Largest Animal in the World12. The Cunning of Rabbit13. The Saddling of Jaguar14. When Rabbit Lost15. Uncle Rabbit's Field16. Rabbit and Vixen's Saloon17. The Man Who Gathered Honey18. The Quarrel Between Cock and Vixen 19. The Marriage of Monkey and Frog20. Uncle Rabbit's Ears21. When the Sun Baptized the BatTypology and Cultural Analysis / Hasan M. El-ShamyAgradecimientos Cuentos CosteñosEnsayo Introductorio de los Editores Introducción de George ListLos Cuentos 1. Mártara2. El chivito3. De Tía Zorra con Tío Tigre4. La excursión del Conejo 5. El puerco que se burlaba mucho del burro6. Chiste de Conejo7. Cuando Tigre quiso pelear con Conejo8. El hombre9. Tió Conejo y los siete hijos de Tía Tigra10. Tío Conejo y Tío Caimán11. El conejo que quería ser el hombre más grande del mundo 12. La astucia de Conejo13. La ensillada de Tigre 14. Cuento en que Conejo pierde15. La roza de Tío Conejo 16. La cantina de Conejo y Zorra 17. El sacador de miel 18. La querella de Zorra con Gallo19. El matrimonio de Machín con Rana20. Las orejas de Tío Conejo 21. Cuando el sol bautizó al murcielagoIndex
£80.75
Indiana University Press Rebuilding an Enlightened World
Book SynopsisIn Rebuilding an Enlightened World, Bill Ivey explores how folklore offers a unique and compelling new way to understand and counteract the underlying forces disrupting the world today.Trade ReviewAn erudite, insightful, informative, thoughtful and thought-provoking contribution to our national dialogue in this current 'Age of Trump' with its resurgence of racial bigotry, anti-Semitism, misogyny, and the rise of a self-acknowledged sexual predator to the presidency of the United States, Rebuilding an Enlightened World: Folklorizing America should have as wide a readership as possible. * Midwest Book Review *[Ivey] has written a dense and provocative book that delves into Enlightenment principles including liberty, tolerance, fraternity, and the separation of church and state, while exploring concepts of identity, tradition, and the unwritten norms that shape human behavior. * Santa Fe New Mexican Pasatiempo *Ivey's book stands out as an all-too-rare connection of folkloristic perspectives to worldview, ethical philosophy, and political action. * Journal of Folklore Research *"Rebuilding an Enlightened World: Folklorizing America, offers hope and solutions for those worried about the future." * WSMV *"An erudite, insightful, informative, thoughtful and thought-provoking contribution to our national dialogue in this current 'Age of Trump' with its resurgence of racial bigotry, anti-Semitism, misogyny, and the rise of a self-acknowledged sexual predator to the presidency of the United States, "Rebuilding an Enlightened World: Folklorizing America" should have as wide a readership as possible." * MBR Bookwatch *"This important book explores our modern moment, skillfully examining the journey that brought us to this precipice." * Chapter 16 *
£18.99
Indiana University Press Animal Tales from the Caribbean
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Cuentos CosteñosEditors' Introductory EssayGeorge List's IntroductionThe Stories 1. Mártara2. The Little Goat3. Of Aunt Vixen with Uncle Jaguar4. The Excursion of Rabbit5. The Pig Who Made Much Fun of the Donkey6. A Humorous Tale of Rabbit7. When Jaguar Wanted to Fight with Rabbit8. The Man9. Uncle Rabbit and Aunt Jaguar's Seven Children10. Uncle Rabbit and Uncle Alligator11. The Rabbit Who Wanted to be the Largest Animal in the World12. The Cunning of Rabbit13. The Saddling of Jaguar14. When Rabbit Lost15. Uncle Rabbit's Field16. Rabbit and Vixen's Saloon17. The Man Who Gathered Honey18. The Quarrel Between Cock and Vixen 19. The Marriage of Monkey and Frog20. Uncle Rabbit's Ears21. When the Sun Baptized the BatTypology and Cultural Analysis / Hasan M. El-ShamyAgradecimientos Cuentos CosteñosEnsayo Introductorio de los Editores Introducción de George ListLos Cuentos 1. Mártara2. El chivito3. De Tía Zorra con Tío Tigre4. La excursión del Conejo 5. El puerco que se burlaba mucho del burro6. Chiste de Conejo7. Cuando Tigre quiso pelear con Conejo8. El hombre9. Tió Conejo y los siete hijos de Tía Tigra10. Tío Conejo y Tío Caimán11. El conejo que quería ser el hombre más grande del mundo 12. La astucia de Conejo13. La ensillada de Tigre 14. Cuento en que Conejo pierde15. La roza de Tío Conejo 16. La cantina de Conejo y Zorra 17. El sacador de miel 18. La querella de Zorra con Gallo19. El matrimonio de Machín con Rana20. Las orejas de Tío Conejo 21. Cuando el sol bautizó al murcielagoIndex
£35.10
Indiana University Press Framing Sukkot
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewWhile providing fascinating and abundant ethnographic detail about sukkah builders, their families, and their daily lives, [Berlinger] raises important theoretical questions that merit additional attention. * Reading Religion *This is an important and timely book: important because it contributes significantly to the expanding literature on Jewish history and culture; and timely due to its arrival just as many are questioning the relationship folklore as a discipline has to the field of vernacular architecture studies. * Journal of Folklore Research *Berlinger's rich and nuanced ethnography sheds light on many sukkot from Bloomington to Tel Aviv, Jaffa, and Jerusalem, and back to Brooklyn; like the wandering in the Sinai desert, this journey is crucial, and although the Promised Land does not allow one to rest as it opens further questions, it is Berlinger's wandering that helps us in framing such wonderings. * Journal of American Folklore *The book is a clear and original contribution that considers Jewish folklore within wider sociopolitical contexts. It raises questions and offers insights previously unexplored in the field, within both Jewish Studies and vernacular architecture. * Western Folklore *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsNote on Language UseIntroduction1. Translating Text: Sukkot in Bloomington, Indiana2. Shchunat Hatikva, Tel Aviv: A Geography of Difference3. Within Shchunat Hatikva: Values and Spaces4. Sukkot in Shchunat Hatikva5. Sukkot in Jaffa and Jerusalem6. The Right to House and Home7. Transcending Architecture: Sukkot in Brooklyn, New York8. ConclusionAppendix: Materials Chart and Sukkot Floor PlansBibliographyIndex
£59.50
