The Ballad of Fiddling Tom Freeman (University of Alabama Press) is a raw, firsthand account of feuds, fiddling, moonshining, and survival in a small Alabama town, told by its most colorful chronicler and shaped through careful historical insight.
Recent Releases
Treasures on Earth (Reaktion Books) uncovers the deep folklore of Britain’s buried riches, fears, and desires.
Alexander Girard’s Imagined Worlds (Hirmer Publishers) examines a modern design luminary whose collection of global folk art and vernacular forms informed his expansive design practice.
Music and the Staged Veillée in Quebec (University of Illinois Press) reveals the music, dancing, call-and-response songs, and extramusical associations winding through century-long conversations about nation, culture, and identity in Quebec.
Comprising more than 300 folktales and legends from Northern Norway, Sámi Folktales from the Near and Far Worlds (University of Minnesota Press) is the most extensive compilation of Sámi narratives recorded from Sámi storytellers ever published in English translation.
Wide Branches, Deep Roots (West Virginia University Press) is a collection of over thirty pieces that explores the connections between Appalachia’s stories, traditions, and modern events and the pathway to regional sustainability.
Our Common Life: Folksong from the Front Porch to the Concert Hall (University of Illinois Press) by Stephen Wade illuminates the truth that creative freedom within informal tradition, fundamental to the artists and their processes, speaks to a resourcefulness inscribed in America’s founding charter and expressed in its common life.
Japanese Mythology: A Guide (Oxford University Press) provides simplified retellings of Japanese myths based on close reading/translation of primary materials, as well as offers a survey of Japanese mythological methods and extensive references to primary sources for further research.
Negotiations of the Sacred (University of Hawai'i Press) offers a fresh perspective on one of Japan’s most famous festivals and will be welcomed by students and scholars of Japan, particularly those interested in religion, festivals, folklore, political and social structures, and cultural heritage.
In Once upon a Time There Was Truth (Yale University Press), Jack Zipes argues in a collection of essays that fairy tales remain relevant and powerful, that they still speak truth to power in the contemporary world.