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Category Archives: folklore
This is the fourth installment of our blog series exploring the articles in the special issue on “Fake News” from the Journal of American Folklore(vol. 131, no. 522). The special issue on “Fake News” from the Journal of American Folklore … Continue reading
This is the third installment of our blog series exploring the articles in the special issue on “Fake News” from the Journal of American Folklore(vol. 131, no. 522). The issue will be available on JSTOR and in print in mid-October. Check … Continue reading
Robin Harris Celebrates Book Launch in Siberia
in author events, authors, folklore, Folklore Studies in a Multicultural World, Uncategorized
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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
Q&A with Laura E. Ruberto and Joseph Sciorra, editors of “New Italian Migrations to the United States”
in american history, author commentary, authors, dance, folklore, immigration, migration, politics
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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
Celebrating Folklore Studies in a Multicultural World
in folklore, Folklore Studies in a Multicultural World, Uncategorized
Tagged AFS
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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
Release Party: Politicizing Creative Economy, by Dia Da Costa
in anthropology, folklore, theatre, women
Tagged Asian studies, drama, India, sociology, theater, women and gender studies
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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
Backlist Bop: “All Around the Year,” by Jack Santino
in folklore
Tagged holidays, 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
Boo Man Group
in film, folklore, literary studies
Tagged Bram Stoker, Gregory A. Waller, Halloween, horror, Joseph Valente, movies, vampires, zombies
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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
Awards: Daisy Turner’s Kin
in African American Studies, american history, biography, folklore, women's history
Tagged African American history, American history, Daisy Turner, folklore, Jane C. Beck
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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
Throwbacklist Thursday: Gutsy Reads
in folklore, sexuality studies, women's history
Tagged marriage, menstruation, outsider art
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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
