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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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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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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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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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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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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

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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

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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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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

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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

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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 *

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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

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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

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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

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Book SynopsisBased on the words and works of working-class artists in Brazil, Sacred Art holds rich, fresh information for all who care about art and religion.Trade ReviewThis book is a must for those interested in sacred materiality, vernacular art, and the creative and imaginative blending of two diverse but congruent belief systems. * Journal of American Folklore *Table of ContentsAn Introduction1. The Historical Center2. Modern Masters of Sacred Art3. The Sculptor's Story4. Markets for Sacred Art5. Ibimirim: Carvers in the Sertão6. Maragojipinho: Sacred Clay in Bahia7. Tracunhaém: Sacred Clay in Pernambuco8. Painting in Olinda9. Carving in Cachoeira10. Return to Pelourinho11. Saints and Orixás in Pelourinho12. Smiths of the Sacred13. The Painter of Orixás14. Power and Beauty15. Time PassesAcknowledgmentsNotesBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisCan traditional arts improve an older adult's quality of life? Are arts interventions more effective when they align with an elder's cultural identity? In The Expressive Lives of Elders, Jon Kay and contributors from a diverse range of public institutions argue that such mediations work best when they are culturally, socially, and personally relevant to the participants. From quilting and canning to weaving and woodworking, this book explores the role of traditional arts and folklore in the lives of older adults in the United States, highlighting the critical importance of ethnographic studies of creative aging for both understanding the expressive lives of elders and for designing effective arts therapies and programs. Each case study in this volume demonstrates how folklore and traditional practices help elders maintain their health and wellness, providing a road map for initiatives to improve the lives and well-being of America's aging population.

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Book Synopsis"Right Makes Might" is a collection of recent essays on historical and contemporary use of proverbs by American politicians, the American worldview, and American politics by globally recognized folklorist, Wolfgang Mieder.Trade ReviewThis is a powerful and timely addition to the literature of rhetoric and folklore and a fine addition to Mieder's oeuvre. * Choice *Wolfgang Mieder has offered us yet another outstanding contribution to proverb studies and, in particular, to one of its very important aspects: how proverbs have helped shape and still continue to shape the worldview of a people, i.e. their culture. -- Roumyana Petrova

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Book Synopsis"Right Makes Might" is a collection of recent essays on historical and contemporary use of proverbs by American politicians, the American worldview, and American politics by globally recognized folklorist, Wolfgang Mieder.Trade ReviewThis is a powerful and timely addition to the literature of rhetoric and folklore and a fine addition to Mieder's oeuvre. * Choice *Wolfgang Mieder has offered us yet another outstanding contribution to proverb studies and, in particular, to one of its very important aspects: how proverbs have helped shape and still continue to shape the worldview of a people, i.e. their culture. -- Roumyana Petrova

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Book SynopsisThis cross-disciplinary book draws from folklore, neuroscience, and psychology to offer a detailed look at the ways children play with perception, creating what authors K. Brandon Barker and Claiborne Rice call folk illusions.Trade ReviewThis book explores much deeper issues of psychology and even deeper neurology. Just when we thought we knew everything there is to know about our own bodies and their responses, we can have new and surprising experiences engendered by simple little tricks. This learned, encyclopedic, and well-referenced examination fully realizes the authors' aim of establishing these phenomena as a genre of folklore in its own right. -- Janet E. Alton * Folklore *Throughout the book, Barker and Rice make a compelling argument not only for the inclu-sion of folk illusions as its own genre, but also for interdisciplinary research to explore issues of perception and belief. -- Mintzi Auanda Martínez-Rivera * Journal of American Folklore *Table of ContentsPreface: Zane's IllusionAcknowledgementsAccessing Audiovisual Materials1. Everyone Knows that Seeing is (not always) Believing2. Four Forms of Folk Illusions3. Folk Illusions and the Social Activation of Embodiment4. Folk Illusions and Active Perception5. Folk Illusions and the Weight of the World6. Folk Illusions and the Face in the Mirror or The Boundaries of a Genre7. Folk Illusions, Development, and Body AcquisitionAppendix: Catalog of Folk IllusionsBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisThis cross-disciplinary book draws from folklore, neuroscience, and psychology to offer a detailed look at the ways children play with perception, creating what authors K. Brandon Barker and Claiborne Rice call folk illusions.Trade ReviewThis book explores much deeper issues of psychology and even deeper neurology. Just when we thought we knew everything there is to know about our own bodies and their responses, we can have new and surprising experiences engendered by simple little tricks. This learned, encyclopedic, and well-referenced examination fully realizes the authors' aim of establishing these phenomena as a genre of folklore in its own right. -- Janet E. Alton * Folklore *Throughout the book, Barker and Rice make a compelling argument not only for the inclu-sion of folk illusions as its own genre, but also for interdisciplinary research to explore issues of perception and belief. -- Mintzi Auanda Martínez-Rivera * Journal of American Folklore *Table of ContentsPreface: Zane's IllusionAcknowledgementsAccessing Audiovisual Materials1. Everyone Knows that Seeing is (not always) Believing2. Four Forms of Folk Illusions3. Folk Illusions and the Social Activation of Embodiment4. Folk Illusions and Active Perception5. Folk Illusions and the Weight of the World6. Folk Illusions and the Face in the Mirror or The Boundaries of a Genre7. Folk Illusions, Development, and Body AcquisitionAppendix: Catalog of Folk IllusionsBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisStorytime in India is an exploration of the stories that come out of ethnographic fieldwork. Helen Priscilla Myers and Umesh Chandra Pandey examine the ways in which their research collecting Bhojpuri wedding songs became interwoven with the stories of their lives, their work together, and their shared experience reading The Eustace Diamonds by Anthony Trollope.Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsList of Songs and Accessing the Audio FilesPrologueIntroduction: Umesh Explains Storytime1. A Fulbright Grant to Banaras, India2. ToastInterlude I: Lizzy Greystock3. Setting Up Our Apartment in Banaras, 20074. The Daily RoutineInterlude II: Sir Florian5. Arranging an Indian Wedding 6. The Search for a Boy 7. Helen and Umesh Meet8. Viewing the Bride9. The Tilak Talk Begins10. Gangajali11. The Tilak, Explained by Umesh12. Song Journey13. Tilak Songs14. "Dress Him in a Bra and Bodice": Gali for the Tilak15. The Songs Become Personal16. "We Sell Dreams"17. Saguni Songs: "This night is ours"Interlude III: Lady Eustace18. Umesh Remembers Charlotte Wiser19. Matikor: Sashi Interrupts, but We Do Not Hear "A Mare Has Pissed"20. Helen's Pounding Pot21. Umesh Explains GaliInterlude IV. Lucy Morris 22. The Kalas and the Harish23. Arranging a Priest24. Wedding Expenses25. The Island Diaspora: My Introduction to Indian Culture from Far AwayInterlude V: Frank Greystock26. Grannie Music27. Ethnomusicology28. The Turmeric Is PleasingInterlude VI: The Eustace Necklace29. Heat 30. Kissing31. The Bride and Groom go to the Kohabar32. Sahana Songs before the Wedding Ritual: The Blue Blue Horse33. Umesh Tells the Krishna StoryInterlude VII: Lady Linlithgow's Mission, , The Sawab of Mygawb34. And Love35. Kabir36. Great Novels and Lesser Novels37. Trapping the Family Gods Interlude VIII: Mr. Burke's Speeches38. Helen Contracts Typhoid39. Getting the Siri at the Home of the Potter40. My Husband Is the Inspector of PoliceInterlude IX: The Conquering Hero Comes41. The Evil Eye42. Umesh Gets Malaria43. On the Stage, the Bridegroom Puts on His Garments44. Preparing for Winter45. Adorn the Elephant, Adorn the Horse46. The Jaluaa47. The Story of Krishna and the Crocodile: A Song with Many Many Stories48. Umesh Tells the Remainder of the Krishna Story49. More Jaluaa Songs and StoriesInterlude X: Showing What the Miss Fawns Said, and What Mrs. Hittaway Thought50. Charlotte Wiser Leaves Karimganj51. Wedding Night52. Mona's Nacchu Nahawan in Rasalpur53. Protecting the Bride from the Evil EyeInterlude XI: Lizzie and Her Lover54. Arrival at the Janmassa55. Gali for Barati People and Bridegroom56. What about Clothes and Ornaments57. Bhajan InterludeInterlude XII: Lord Fawn at His Office58. Umesh Recalls His Wedding59. Feeding the Wedding Party60. Dwar Puja—The New System61. The Animal Party62. Departure of the Barat Interlude XIII: I Only Thought of It63. The Bridegroom Enters the Courtyard64. The Bride Enters the Courtyard65. Donation of the Virgin Daughter66. Ceremony of the Puffed Rice67. The Sindur Ritual68. The Kohabar Ritual69. Ceremony at the GangesInterlude XIV: Showing What Frank Greystock Did70. Arrival of the Bride in her Sasural, the Gauna71. Love Marriages72. Five Days73. Just One More Song74. Gangajali's StoryInterlude XV: "Doan't Thou Marry for Munny"75. One Last SongInterlude XVI: I'll Give You a Hundred Guinea Broach76. Preparing for China77. Leaving Banaras in 200878. Conclusion Interlude XVII: The Eustace Diamonds79. Umesh Tells a Story from Karimganj 80. A Passage to India81. Bangles in Ballia82. Across the Seven Seas83. Umesh Arranges for the Swan's Quill84. The Religion of Humanity85. StorytimeAppendix: Rituals of the Hindu Wedding in BalliaGlossaryBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisCollected here for the first time are Elaine J. Lawless's key articles on the topics of reciprocal ethnography and women's narrative which influenced not only folklore, but also the allied fields of anthropology, sociology, performance studies, and women's and gender studies. Lawless's methods and research continue to be critically relevant in today's global struggle for gender equality.Table of ContentsForeword / Amy ShumanAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Learning to Listen, Hear, and Include Women's Voices: The Genesis of Reciprocal Ethnography1. Shouting for the Lord: The Power of Women's Speech in the Pentecostal Religious Service2. Rescripting Their Lives and Narratives: Spiritual Life Stories of Pentecostal Women Preachers3. Access to the Pulpit: Reproductive Images and Maternal Strategies of the Pentecostal Female Pastor4. "I was afraid someone like you . . . an outsider . . . would misunderstand": Negotiating Interpretive Differences Between Ethnographers and Subjects5. Women's Life Stories and Reciprocal Ethnography as Feminist and Emergent6. Writing the Body in the Pulpit: Female-sexed Texts7. Woman as Abject: Resisting Cultural and Religious Myths that Condone Violence Against WomenAppendix: Selected Publications by Elaine J. LawlessIndex

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Book SynopsisCollected here for the first time are Elaine J. Lawless's key articles on the topics of reciprocal ethnography and women's narrative which influenced not only folklore, but also the allied fields of anthropology, sociology, performance studies, and women's and gender studies. Lawless's methods and research continue to be critically relevant in today's global struggle for gender equality.Table of ContentsForeword / Amy ShumanAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Learning to Listen, Hear, and Include Women's Voices: The Genesis of Reciprocal Ethnography1. Shouting for the Lord: The Power of Women's Speech in the Pentecostal Religious Service2. Rescripting Their Lives and Narratives: Spiritual Life Stories of Pentecostal Women Preachers3. Access to the Pulpit: Reproductive Images and Maternal Strategies of the Pentecostal Female Pastor4. "I was afraid someone like you . . . an outsider . . . would misunderstand": Negotiating Interpretive Differences Between Ethnographers and Subjects5. Women's Life Stories and Reciprocal Ethnography as Feminist and Emergent6. Writing the Body in the Pulpit: Female-sexed Texts7. Woman as Abject: Resisting Cultural and Religious Myths that Condone Violence Against WomenAppendix: Selected Publications by Elaine J. LawlessIndex

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewChinese Folklore Studies Today is a very rich book which covers a wide range of contemporary topics, research interests, and methodologies, and in addition provides an introduction to the history of folklore studies in China. . . . This book is warmly recommended to folklorists, anthropologists, and specialists in East Asian studies. It opens up our understanding of an academic area not known widely enough. -- James H. Grayson * Folklore *Table of ContentsForeword / Chao GejinAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: History and Trends of Chinese Folklore Studies / Lijun Zhang and Ziying You1. Disciplinary Tradition, Everyday Life, and Childbirth Negotiation: The Past and Present of Chinese Urban Folklore Studies / Yongyi Yue, Translated by Wenyuan Shao and Yuanhao Zhao2. From "Women" to "Female Folklore Practitioners": The History and Current Trend of Women's Folklore Studies in China / Junxia Wang3. A Semiotics of Song: Fusing Lyrical and Social Narratives in Contemporary China / Levi S. Gibbs4. Contested Myth, History, and Beliefs: Remaking Yao and Shun's Stories in Hongtong, Shanxi / Ziying You5. Institutional Practice of Heritage-Making: The Transformation of Tulou from Residential Home to UNESCO World Heritage / Lijun ZhangIndex

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewChinese Folklore Studies Today is a very rich book which covers a wide range of contemporary topics, research interests, and methodologies, and in addition provides an introduction to the history of folklore studies in China. . . . This book is warmly recommended to folklorists, anthropologists, and specialists in East Asian studies. It opens up our understanding of an academic area not known widely enough. -- James H. Grayson * Folklore *Table of ContentsForeword / Chao GejinAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: History and Trends of Chinese Folklore Studies / Lijun Zhang and Ziying You1. Disciplinary Tradition, Everyday Life, and Childbirth Negotiation: The Past and Present of Chinese Urban Folklore Studies / Yongyi Yue, Translated by Wenyuan Shao and Yuanhao Zhao2. From "Women" to "Female Folklore Practitioners": The History and Current Trend of Women's Folklore Studies in China / Junxia Wang3. A Semiotics of Song: Fusing Lyrical and Social Narratives in Contemporary China / Levi S. Gibbs4. Contested Myth, History, and Beliefs: Remaking Yao and Shun's Stories in Hongtong, Shanxi / Ziying You5. Institutional Practice of Heritage-Making: The Transformation of Tulou from Residential Home to UNESCO World Heritage / Lijun ZhangIndex

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Book SynopsisTake a tour of the house where a microwave killed a gremlin, a typewriter made Jack a dull boy, a sewing machine fashioned Carrie's prom dress, and houseplants might kill you while you sleep. In Household Horror: Cinematic Fear and the Secret Life of Everyday Objects, Marc Olivier highlights the wonder, fear, and terrifying dimension of objects in horror cinema.Trade Review"Household Horror provides a lively and highly original contribution to horror studies. As a work on cinema, it introduces the reader to films that may be less well-known to casual fans and scholars; more conspicuously, it returns to horror staples, gleefully reanimating works that one might otherwise assume had been critically "done to death" (Psycho, The Exorcist, The Shining). The close readings of individual films provide sophisticated, nuanced and even startling insights."—Allan Cameron, University of AucklandTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroductionPart I: Kitchen/Dining Room1. Refrigerator2. Microwave3. Telephone4. Dining TablePart II: Living Room5. (Sleeper) Sofa6. Remote7. Sewing Machine8. HouseplantPart III: Bedroom9. Bed10. Typewriter11. ArmoirePart IV: Bathroom12. Radiator13. Pills14. Shower CurtainConclusionFilmographyBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisTake a tour of the house where a microwave killed a gremlin, a typewriter made Jack a dull boy, a sewing machine fashioned Carrie's prom dress, and houseplants might kill you while you sleep. In Household Horror: Cinematic Fear and the Secret Life of Everyday Objects, Marc Olivier highlights the wonder, fear, and terrifying dimension of objects in horror cinema.Trade Review"Household Horror provides a lively and highly original contribution to horror studies. As a work on cinema, it introduces the reader to films that may be less well-known to casual fans and scholars; more conspicuously, it returns to horror staples, gleefully reanimating works that one might otherwise assume had been critically "done to death" (Psycho, The Exorcist, The Shining). The close readings of individual films provide sophisticated, nuanced and even startling insights."—Allan Cameron, University of AucklandTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroductionPart I: Kitchen/Dining Room1. Refrigerator2. Microwave3. Telephone4. Dining TablePart II: Living Room5. (Sleeper) Sofa6. Remote7. Sewing Machine8. HouseplantPart III: Bedroom9. Bed10. Typewriter11. ArmoirePart IV: Bathroom12. Radiator13. Pills14. Shower CurtainConclusionFilmographyBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewThis ambitious volume repositions the field of folklore in the context of numerous emerging perspectives including queer theory, intersectionality, feminism, (de)colonization, and anti-racism. . . . This dizzying array of topics reveals the complexities of folkloristics and the considerable intellectual and ethical affordances of working in a transdisciplinary manner to highlight the meaning-making processes of vernacular culture(s) and their practitioners. The end of this foray is hardly an end at all, but rather a road map for the future of the discipline. -- T. R. Tangherlini * Choice *Inspired by presentations and discussions at the 2017Future of American Folkloristics Conference held at Indiana University, the essays in this collection discussand, in some cases, illustrate ways to build a strongpath forward for the discipline and those who are (orare studying to be) practicing folklorists in public and academic contexts. . . . Overall, the collection will be thought-provoking for practicing folklorists, as well asthose teaching and training aspiring folklorists. -- Martha Sims * Journal of Folklore and Education *Table of ContentsForeword: Challenges and Possibilities across Boundaries, by Margaret A. MillsAcknowledgmentsEnvisioning a Future Folkloristics, by Jesse A. Fivecoate, Kristina Downs, and Meredith A. E. McGriff1. Deep Folklore/Queer Folkloristics, by Kay Turner 2. "An Epidemic of Meanings": The Tenuous Nature of Public Intellectualism, Reflexivity, and Belief Scholarship, by Andrea Kitta3. Expanding the Territory, by Jeanmarie Rouhier-Willoughby 4. The Politics of Trivialization, by Jesse A. Fivecoate, Kristina Downs, and Meredith A. E. McGriff5. The Folklorization of Queer Theory: Public Spaces, Pride, and Gay Neoliberalism, by Cory W. Thorne and Guillermo De Los Reyes6. Yemayá's Fury: Residual Flows, Ecological Disaster, and Folklore Futures, by Solimar Otero 7. Infusing Public Folklore Work into Academe: Experiencing the In-Between, by Gregory Hansen 8. Folklorists as Curators: Exploring the Four Cs, by Betty J. Belanus 9. Culturally Conscious Collaborations at the Nexus of Folklore, Education, and Social Justice: Lessons and Questions for Folkloristic Praxis, by Phyllis M. May-Machunda 10. The Power of Folkloristics at the Intersection of Affect, Narrative, and Performance in the College Classroom, by Anthony Guest-Scott 11. The Folkloristic Diaspora: On Being a Folklorist in a Black Studies Department, by Anika Wilson 12. Standing with Others: Folklorists in the Midst of Home, by Wanda G. Addison 13. Disruptive Folklore, Debra Lattanzi Shutika 14. Talking Folklore: Getting Others to Take the Discipline Seriously while Remaining a Serious Folklorist, by Andrea Kitta, Lynne S. McNeill, and Trevor J. BlankAfterword: Advancing Folkloristics, by Norma E. Cantú Index

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Book SynopsisAn unprecedented number of folklorists are addressing issues of class, race, gender, and sexuality in academic and public spaces in the US, raising the question: How can folklorists contribute to these contemporary political affairs? Since the nature of folkloristics transcends binaries, can it help others develop critical personal narratives?Advancing Folkloristics covers topics such as queer, feminist, and postcolonial scholarship in folkloristics. Contributors investigate how to apply folkloristic approaches in nonfolklore classrooms, how to maintain a folklorist identity without a folklorist job title, and how to use folkloristic knowledge to interact with others outside of the discipline. The chapters, which range from theoretical reorientations to personal experiences of folklore work, all demonstrate the kinds of work folklorists are well-suited to and promote the areas in which folkloristics is poised to expand and excel. Advancing Folkloristics presents a clear picture of folkTrade ReviewThis ambitious volume repositions the field of folklore in the context of numerous emerging perspectives including queer theory, intersectionality, feminism, (de)colonization, and anti-racism. . . . This dizzying array of topics reveals the complexities of folkloristics and the considerable intellectual and ethical affordances of working in a transdisciplinary manner to highlight the meaning-making processes of vernacular culture(s) and their practitioners. The end of this foray is hardly an end at all, but rather a road map for the future of the discipline. -- T. R. Tangherlini * Choice *Inspired by presentations and discussions at the 2017Future of American Folkloristics Conference held at Indiana University, the essays in this collection discussand, in some cases, illustrate ways to build a strongpath forward for the discipline and those who are (orare studying to be) practicing folklorists in public and academic contexts. . . . Overall, the collection will be thought-provoking for practicing folklorists, as well asthose teaching and training aspiring folklorists. -- Martha Sims * Journal of Folklore and Education *Table of ContentsForeword: Challenges and Possibilities across Boundaries, by Margaret A. MillsAcknowledgmentsEnvisioning a Future Folkloristics, by Jesse A. Fivecoate, Kristina Downs, and Meredith A. E. McGriff1. Deep Folklore/Queer Folkloristics, by Kay Turner 2. "An Epidemic of Meanings": The Tenuous Nature of Public Intellectualism, Reflexivity, and Belief Scholarship, by Andrea Kitta3. Expanding the Territory, by Jeanmarie Rouhier-Willoughby 4. The Politics of Trivialization, by Jesse A. Fivecoate, Kristina Downs, and Meredith A. E. McGriff5. The Folklorization of Queer Theory: Public Spaces, Pride, and Gay Neoliberalism, by Cory W. Thorne and Guillermo De Los Reyes6. Yemayá's Fury: Residual Flows, Ecological Disaster, and Folklore Futures, by Solimar Otero 7. Infusing Public Folklore Work into Academe: Experiencing the In-Between, by Gregory Hansen 8. Folklorists as Curators: Exploring the Four Cs, by Betty J. Belanus 9. Culturally Conscious Collaborations at the Nexus of Folklore, Education, and Social Justice: Lessons and Questions for Folkloristic Praxis, by Phyllis M. May-Machunda 10. The Power of Folkloristics at the Intersection of Affect, Narrative, and Performance in the College Classroom, by Anthony Guest-Scott 11. The Folkloristic Diaspora: On Being a Folklorist in a Black Studies Department, by Anika Wilson 12. Standing with Others: Folklorists in the Midst of Home, by Wanda G. Addison 13. Disruptive Folklore, Debra Lattanzi Shutika 14. Talking Folklore: Getting Others to Take the Discipline Seriously while Remaining a Serious Folklorist, by Andrea Kitta, Lynne S. McNeill, and Trevor J. BlankAfterword: Advancing Folkloristics, by Norma E. Cantú Index

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewContemporary Korean Shamanism is ethnographically based, uses a wide range of sources and materials, and contains extensive interviews with shamans both female and male (Korean shamans are predominantly female). The book does not discuss in detail specific individual rituals or shamanistic traditions, all of which can be found in other sources. It is principally about the transformation of the image of a religious tradition and how this occurred. As such, it is of interest not only to ethnographers, folklorists, and students of religion, but also to scholars concerned with social and cultural change. -- James H. Grayson * Folklore *Table of ContentsAccessing Audiovisual MaterialsAcknowledgmentsNote on TransliterationIntroduction1. Gods on Stage: A Mediated Performance2. The Changing Image of Musok in Films3. Agendas, Power, and Ideology in Museum Displays of Korean Shamanism4. Getting to Know a Korean Shaman through Television Representations5. Shamans Online: Internet Promotion of Musok PractitionersConclusion: From Ritual to the World Wide Web and BackReferencesIndex

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewThe greatest triumph of this book's many triumphs is its warm appreciation for family and community that emerge in the lovingly translated texts. These stories foreground the history of Ireland as experienced, remembered, and relived by oral intellectual leaders of a marginalized, and often forgotten, maritime community. . . . Indeed, if silence is the angel with which literature wrestles, these translations give voice to the memory, stories, and legacy of oral intellectuals who feature here and tell the story of history from below. Essential reading for any traveler to Connemara and the West of Ireland. -- Brian Ó Conchubhair, University of Notre DameSeán Mac Giollarnáth's landmark publication of 1941 demonstrates his work in collecting traditional material and transcribing vernacular culture. It is fitting to see the work in translation, and readers seeking to step into the wondrous world of Conamara tradition would do well to begin here." -- Ríonach uí Ógáin, University College DublinWith the same profound and intimate sense of place and absolute command of their source's rich Conamara Irish they brought to their translation of Máirtín Ó Cadhain's Cré na Cille as Graveyard Clay, in Conamara Chronicles: Tales from Iorras Aithneach—their superb translation of traditional lore originally collected and published by Seán Mac Giollarnáth in 1941—Liam Mac Con Iomaire and Tim Robinson bring alive again the people, tales, and culture of another of Ireland's petites patries whose like is unlikely to ever be seen again. -- Philip O'Leary, Boston CollegeA vivid and absorbing collection of tales that bring to life whole worlds of imagination and experience. Tim Robinson and Liam Mac Con Iomaire in their remarkable translation capture the poetic vibrancy and profound sensitivity to nature and place of a community of Conamara storytellers who see the local as the portal to the universal. -- Michael Cronin, Trinity College DublinTable of ContentsA Personal NoteAcknowledgmentsNomenclatureReading this VolumeSpace, Time & Connemara, by Tim RobinsonThe Brief Annals: An Introductory Note, by Liam Mac Con Iomaire1. The Holy Men and the Islands2. Troubled Times3. The Year of the French (1798)4. The Tories / Vigilantes5. Big Men6. Robbers and Treasures7. Smugglers8. Poor Scholars9. Priests10. People and Places11. Boatmen and Timber12. Food13. Wisps of Straw14. Custodians of Traditional Lore and StorytellersReading this Volume: Meet the Storytellers, by Liam Mac Con IomaireBibliographyMapsIndex

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewBedouin Folktales from the North of Israel is a unique and outstanding publication. Actually it includes much more than an anthology of 'folktales.' It provides the reader with almost everything needed to understand life, culture, history, and language of the Bedouin women, men, family, and tribe in Northern Israel of the last century. Folklorists used to emphasize the importance of the context. This book is, ostensibly, an exemplary contextual publication and study of a given body of folktales: the history and geography (including maps), the language – including the original Arabic texts (in transcription), their folkloristic comparative study and interpretation, as well as an array of indexes and bibliography. It puts in our hands a rare and important tool for understanding the importance not only of Bedouin folklore but also of folklore at large. In addition to its scholarly importance, this is also a collection of narratives that will be an exciting read for every person who still loves a good story. -- Eli Yassif, Emeritus in Department of Literature, Tel Aviv University, IsraelBedouin Folktales from the North of Israel is an outstanding contribution to the presently scarce fresh folktale collections from the field. Perez and Rosenhouse present a well-crafted balance between tale texts and theories advanced by scholars concerning these international tale-types. Indiana University Press is to be complimented for reviving the authentic field collection tradition. -- Hasan M. El-Shamy, Professor Emeritus, Department of Folklore and Ethnomusicology, Indiana UniversityThis splendid collection of Bedouin folk tales combines three elements: scientific transcriptions of audio recordings of the colloquial Arabic texts; accurate translations; and an extensive discussion, with rich comparative material, of each tale. These elements fit together in the most natural fashion—all, in fact, are essential to a serious study of the subject—and yet this is, to the best of my knowledge, the very first work on Arab folklore that actually combines them. The authors are to be congratulated on a fine achievement. -- Frank H. Stewart, Professor Emeritus, Dept. of Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies, The Hebrew University of JerusalemWilliam Blake's metaphor 'to see the world in a grain of sand' acquires a new meaning in the study of Judith Rosenhouse, a linguist, and Yoel Shalom Perez, a comparative folklorist, who present with meticulous precision the performance of universally traditional tales as told by Galilean Bedouins. As two Israelis, they reveal in them the cultural bonding between Israelite and Arab traditions that go back to antiquity. -- Dan Ben-Amos, author of Folklore ConceptsWhen linguistic, dialectological and folkloristic approaches meet: 57 traditional stories recorded from Bedouins in Northern Israel (13 of them translated from Hebrew) provided in linguistic transcription, English translation, and commentaries to place the folktales within their social and historical context. This ideal interdisciplinary approach has hitherto been only rarely applied. -- Veronika Ritt-Benmimoun, University of ViennaTable of ContentsForewordTranscription and AbbreviationsPart I—Stories of love, loyalty, and devotion 1. Between the Sun and the Moon 2. The Princess on the Island 3. The Girl who Fell into a Well 4. The ā's Daughter and the Orator 5. A Woman's Loyalty 6. The King's Wife and the Poor Man 7. uā and the Queen 8. The Doe 9. The Woman from the Sea 10. The Raindrop Bubbles Will Testify a. The Man and his Neighbor b. āeq Anāf (Tasting Justice) 11. The Coffee Server 12. The Old Man and the Girl, the Old Woman and the Young Man 13. The Girl and her Brother who Became a Deer 14. Do Good and Throw it to the Sea 15. The Transposed Heads 16. The Son Who Obeyed his Mother 17. The Silent Princess and Smart Muammad 18. The Two Notes (Smart Hassan) 19. The Kidnapped Bride 20. The Prince and his Two Wives 21. In the Familya. Between a Brother and his Sister b. Between a Bride and her Mother-in-law 22. The Replaced Bride23. The Dangerous Night-Watch a. Šāer asan and his Nine Brothers b. Seven Brides for Seven Brothers 24. My Mother Slew Me; My Father Ate Mea. The Green Birdb. The Yellow Cow25. The Boy, the Uncle and the Lover 26. The Inheritance CasePart II—Stories about Ġouls and Demons27. The Giant 28. Frē Rummān (Snow White) 29. The Man Who Delivered a Daughter30. The Girl and her Seven Brothers 31. The Sickle Hand32. Bells Sound a. bēna and the Jujube Treeb. The inn and the Girl in Dog Clothes33. The Golden Palm Tree34. The Children and the Ogrea. The Girls and the Ġūlab. Grē'a, mēda and daydūnc. Nu-Nē35. The Emīr's Daughter who Flew to Switzerland 36. The Golden Children a. The Three Siblings and the Talking Birdsb. The Wicked Old Womanc. The Emīr and the Slave37. The Ġūla, the Mallow Gatherer and his daughter 38. The Two Brothers and the Ġūla39. Personal Narratives about Meetings with Ġūls a. The Young Man and the Ġūlab. The Ġūla Who Posed as a Tribe Member c. The Groom and the Ġūla d. The Ġūla in the Waterhole e. Abu Xier and the Ġūla 40. The Old Woman and the ūt Part III—Animal stories41. The Man and the Wounded Snake a. The Snake Storyb. The Shepherd and the Snake 42. The Goat, the Kid and the Ġūla 43. The Lion Who Wanted to Know Man's Nature44. The Two HuntersEpilogueBedouin Dialects in the North of Israel / Judith Rosenhouse Bedouin Tribes in the Galilee—Historical and Settlement Background / Arnon MedziniMapsIndex of Tale Types Index of Motifs Narrators ListSubject IndexBibliography

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewBedouin Folktales from the North of Israel is a unique and outstanding publication. Actually it includes much more than an anthology of 'folktales.' It provides the reader with almost everything needed to understand life, culture, history, and language of the Bedouin women, men, family, and tribe in Northern Israel of the last century. Folklorists used to emphasize the importance of the context. This book is, ostensibly, an exemplary contextual publication and study of a given body of folktales: the history and geography (including maps), the language – including the original Arabic texts (in transcription), their folkloristic comparative study and interpretation, as well as an array of indexes and bibliography. It puts in our hands a rare and important tool for understanding the importance not only of Bedouin folklore but also of folklore at large. In addition to its scholarly importance, this is also a collection of narratives that will be an exciting read for every person who still loves a good story. -- Eli Yassif, Emeritus in Department of Literature, Tel Aviv University, IsraelBedouin Folktales from the North of Israel is an outstanding contribution to the presently scarce fresh folktale collections from the field. Perez and Rosenhouse present a well-crafted balance between tale texts and theories advanced by scholars concerning these international tale-types. Indiana University Press is to be complimented for reviving the authentic field collection tradition. -- Hasan M. El-Shamy, Professor Emeritus, Department of Folklore and Ethnomusicology, Indiana UniversityThis splendid collection of Bedouin folk tales combines three elements: scientific transcriptions of audio recordings of the colloquial Arabic texts; accurate translations; and an extensive discussion, with rich comparative material, of each tale. These elements fit together in the most natural fashion—all, in fact, are essential to a serious study of the subject—and yet this is, to the best of my knowledge, the very first work on Arab folklore that actually combines them. The authors are to be congratulated on a fine achievement. -- Frank H. Stewart, Professor Emeritus, Dept. of Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies, The Hebrew University of JerusalemWilliam Blake's metaphor 'to see the world in a grain of sand' acquires a new meaning in the study of Judith Rosenhouse, a linguist, and Yoel Shalom Perez, a comparative folklorist, who present with meticulous precision the performance of universally traditional tales as told by Galilean Bedouins. As two Israelis, they reveal in them the cultural bonding between Israelite and Arab traditions that go back to antiquity. -- Dan Ben-Amos, author of Folklore ConceptsWhen linguistic, dialectological and folkloristic approaches meet: 57 traditional stories recorded from Bedouins in Northern Israel (13 of them translated from Hebrew) provided in linguistic transcription, English translation, and commentaries to place the folktales within their social and historical context. This ideal interdisciplinary approach has hitherto been only rarely applied. -- Veronika Ritt-Benmimoun, University of ViennaTable of ContentsForewordTranscription and AbbreviationsPart I—Stories of love, loyalty, and devotion 1. Between the Sun and the Moon 2. The Princess on the Island 3. The Girl who Fell into a Well 4. The ā's Daughter and the Orator 5. A Woman's Loyalty 6. The King's Wife and the Poor Man 7. uā and the Queen 8. The Doe 9. The Woman from the Sea 10. The Raindrop Bubbles Will Testify a. The Man and his Neighbor b. āeq Anāf (Tasting Justice) 11. The Coffee Server 12. The Old Man and the Girl, the Old Woman and the Young Man 13. The Girl and her Brother who Became a Deer 14. Do Good and Throw it to the Sea 15. The Transposed Heads 16. The Son Who Obeyed his Mother 17. The Silent Princess and Smart Muammad 18. The Two Notes (Smart Hassan) 19. The Kidnapped Bride 20. The Prince and his Two Wives 21. In the Familya. Between a Brother and his Sister b. Between a Bride and her Mother-in-law 22. The Replaced Bride23. The Dangerous Night-Watch a. Šāer asan and his Nine Brothers b. Seven Brides for Seven Brothers 24. My Mother Slew Me; My Father Ate Mea. The Green Birdb. The Yellow Cow25. The Boy, the Uncle and the Lover 26. The Inheritance CasePart II—Stories about Ġouls and Demons27. The Giant 28. Frē Rummān (Snow White) 29. The Man Who Delivered a Daughter30. The Girl and her Seven Brothers 31. The Sickle Hand32. Bells Sound a. bēna and the Jujube Treeb. The inn and the Girl in Dog Clothes33. The Golden Palm Tree34. The Children and the Ogrea. The Girls and the Ġūlab. Grē'a, mēda and daydūnc. Nu-Nē35. The Emīr's Daughter who Flew to Switzerland 36. The Golden Children a. The Three Siblings and the Talking Birdsb. The Wicked Old Womanc. The Emīr and the Slave37. The Ġūla, the Mallow Gatherer and his daughter 38. The Two Brothers and the Ġūla39. Personal Narratives about Meetings with Ġūls a. The Young Man and the Ġūlab. The Ġūla Who Posed as a Tribe Member c. The Groom and the Ġūla d. The Ġūla in the Waterhole e. Abu Xier and the Ġūla 40. The Old Woman and the ūt Part III—Animal stories41. The Man and the Wounded Snake a. The Snake Storyb. The Shepherd and the Snake 42. The Goat, the Kid and the Ġūla 43. The Lion Who Wanted to Know Man's Nature44. The Two HuntersEpilogueBedouin Dialects in the North of Israel / Judith Rosenhouse Bedouin Tribes in the Galilee—Historical and Settlement Background / Arnon MedziniMapsIndex of Tale Types Index of Motifs Narrators ListSubject IndexBibliography

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