Category Archives: folklore

June 11, 2018

Robin Harris Celebrates Book Launch in Siberia

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University of Illinois Press author Dr. Robin Harris recently returned to northeastern Siberia for a presentation of her book, Storytelling in Siberia: The Olonkho Epic in a Changing World. After living in northern Russia for a decade and spending almost … Continue reading →

January 18, 2018

Q&A with Laura E. Ruberto and Joseph Sciorra, editors of “New Italian Migrations to the United States”

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Laura E. Ruberto is a professor of Humanities at Berkeley City College in the Department of Arts and Cultural studies, and Joseph Sciorra is the Director for Academic and Cultural Programs at the John D Calandra Italian American Institute at Queens College, City … Continue reading →

October 17, 2017

Celebrating Folklore Studies in a Multicultural World

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This fall, University of Illinois Press celebrates new books published in the Folklore Studies in a Multicultural World Series. Since 2009, University of Illinois has been a partner in the multi-press initiative, funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, along with the University Press … Continue reading →

January 10, 2017

Release Party: Politicizing Creative Economy, by Dia Da Costa

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Scholars increasingly view the arts, creativity, and the creative economy as engines for regenerating global citizenship, renewing decayed local economies, and nurturing a new type of all-inclusive politics. Dia Da Costa delves into the global development, nationalist and leftist/progressive histories … Continue reading →

December 20, 2016

Backlist Bop: “All Around the Year,” by Jack Santino

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Today we venture into the vaults to shed light on a Nineties UIP release. All Around the Year surveys the American year to delve into how and why we celebrate the holidays we observe. Jack Santino tackles the classics, and also … Continue reading →

October 31, 2016

Boo Man Group

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In honor of Halloween, we have slunk into the UIP vault of horror to dig up books both Profound and Mysterious to get you in the mood for our most popular pagan holiday. Will any of these titles help you … Continue reading →

October 28, 2016

Awards: Daisy Turner’s Kin

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This week, we received word that Jane C. Beck’s acclaimed book Daisy Turner’s Kin: An African American Family Saga, won two awards: the 2016 Chicago Folklore Prize and the 2016 Wayland D. Hand Prize. The Chicago Folklore Prize, the oldest international … Continue reading →

October 13, 2016

Throwbacklist Thursday: Gutsy Reads

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Teach the controversy! Like any academic press, UIP delves into the taboo, the transgressive, and the fringe. Such books reflect our belief that a lot of topics go unseen, and a lot of voices unheard, by the mainstream. TBT presents … Continue reading →

September 15, 2016

Throwbacklist Thursday: Humor Has It

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One man’s opinion: if I had to choose the hardest gig in show business or performance, without a doubt I would say “comedian.” It is hard to spin a funny story. It is hard to tell a joke. It is hard … Continue reading →

May 12, 2016

Throwbacklist Thursday: The Stories We Tell

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Humanity has undoubtedly told stories since forever. Possibly our ancestors acted or danced them before speech found its way into our brains. Writing brought religious texts and Gilgamesh but even then, tale-telling remained a largely oral art until literacy became … Continue reading →