Rutgers University Press recently released Rafael Ocasio’s Race and Nation in Puerto Rican Folklore: Franz Boas and John Alden Mason in Porto Rico. Ocasio also edited an anthology of folk narratives from Puerto Rico, which is forthcoming. Read below for descriptions of both
Recent Releases
This handbook offers the most comprehensive, analytic, and multidisciplinary study of oral traditions and folklore in Africa and the African Diaspora to date. Preeminent scholars Akintunde Akinyemi and Toyin Falola assemble a team of leading and rising stars across African Studies research to retrieve
McFarland Press recently published Covid-19 Conspiracy Theories, a book by John Bodner, Wendy Welch, Ian Brodie, Anna Muldoon, Donald Leech, and Ashley Marshall. As the novel coronavirus (Covid-19) spread around the world, so did theories, stories, and conspiracy beliefs about it. These theories
Editedby Nicola Darwood and Alexis Weedon, Retelling Cinderella: Cultural and Creative Transformations, is now available. Cinderella’s transformation from a lowly, overlooked servant into a princess who attracts everyone’s gaze has become a powerful trope within many cultures. Inspired by the Cinderella archive of
A new nonprofit e-journal and multi-faceted resource center, Americana Insights, was launched today by Jane Katcher, Americana and American folk art collector, in collaboration with David A. Schorsch, a leading authority on American antiques and folk art. The digital publication is supported by
Trickster Press, the graduate student-run press at Indiana University, has recently reprinted Kenneth S. Goldstein’s A Guide for Field Workers in Folklore. The new edition features a preface by Diane E. Goldstein, Kenneth’s daughter and an esteemed folklorist in her own. Add
Cultural Analysis: An Interdisciplinary Forum on Folklore and Popular Culture, a peer-reviewed journal, has released its latest publication, Volume 18.2. To view the current issue, visit Cultural Analysis.
Ethnologia Europaea, an interdisciplinary, peer-reviewed journal, has released a Special Issue titled “Brexit Matters” (Volume 50, Issue 2) with Thomas M. Wilson as Guest Editor. To view the Special Issue, visit Ethnologia Europaea.