Recent Releases

The latest issue of Italian American Review 12:1 is a special issue on the topic of "Monuments, Memorials, and Italian Migrations," edited by Laura E. Ruberto and Joseph Sciorra.

Sustaining Support for Intangible Cultural Heritage, edited by Shihan de Silva Jayasuriya, Mariana Pinto Leitao Pereira, and Gregory Hansen, details the ways that Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) has recently grown as an analytical construct for documenting and interpreting culture, and as a canonical term to support official concepts of heritage.

The Southwest Folklife Alliance has released a new issue of online journal Borderlore, including a mediation a flamenco artist on how her art has become a life style, a Spanish-language article about a local festival, and a food tour in Sonora, Mexico.

The National Council of Traditional Arts (NCTA) released the April edition of its Resilience, Reframing, Actions (RARRA) Newsletter, featuring current resources and funding opportunities for the arts sector.

Of Mules and Mud: The Story of Alabama Folk Potter Jerry Brown (March 2022), edited by Joey Brackner, tells the life story of the potter Jerry Brown, as told in his own words.

North American Monsters: A Contemporary Legend Casebook (March 2021), edited by David J. Puglia, unearths decades of notable monster research.

The Goddess Myth in Contemporary Literature and Popular Culture: A Feminist Critique (February 2022), by Mary Magoulick, explores how remythologizing of the ancient past reflects a contemporary worldview and rhetoric.

The Southwest Folklife Alliance has released the 2022 issue of its online journal Borderlore.