A landmark volume exploring the public presentation and application of folk culture in collaboration with communities, Public Folklore is available again with a new introduction discussing recent tren
The Society was founded to collect and make known to the public songs, superstitions, signs & omens, cures, customs, legends, dialects, games, riddles, and proverbs. The first of a projected three
In its detailed analysis of IP law in China, this book uses data from a public survey to consider the impact of the country’s traditional culture on the relevant legislation, as well as the system’s d
An immigrant daughter who returned to her mother's home town, Giovanna Del Negro spent a year doing intensive fieldwork in the homes and public spaces of Sasso. She reveals the diverse reactions that
When and under what circumstances are disaster survivors able to speak for themselves in the public arena? In Consuming Katrina: Public Disaster and Personal Narrative, author Kate Parker Horigan show
The Mayan god of death sends a young woman on a harrowing, life-changing journey in this dark,one-of-a-kindfairy tale inspired by Mexican folklore.';A spellbinding fairy tale rooted in Mexican mythology . . .Gods of Jade and Shadowis a magical fairy tale about identity, freedom, and love, and it's like nothing you've read before.'BustleNEBULA AWARD FINALIST *;NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY NPR *;Tordotcom*; The New York Public Library *;BookRiotThe Jazz Age is in full swing, but Casiopea Tun is too busy cleaning the floors of her wealthy grandfather's house to listen to any fast tunes.Nevertheless, she dreams of a life far from her dusty small town in southern Mexico. A life she can call her own.Yet this new life seems as distant as the stars, until the day she finds a curious wooden box in her grandfather's room. She opens itand accidentally frees the spirit of the Mayan god of death, who requests her help in recovering his throne from his treacherous brother.Failure will
New York and its folklore scholars hold an important place in the history of the discipline. In New York dialogue between folklore researchers in the academy and those working in the public arena has
This first ethnographic study of a folklife festival focuses on festival participants—the dancers, musicians, storytellers, and artisans at a public display of folk culture. These essays investigate t
In this volume, which was originally published in 1989, nine distinguished historians look at the origins, growth and organisation of the major mass-participation sports in Britain. They combine academic expertise with the enthusiasm of the true sports devotee in considering such vital issues as the social background of players and spectators, gambling, public popularity, media coverage and the impact of television, professionalisation and of course the age-old divide between 'gentlemen' and 'players'. Richly illustrated with rarely seen period photographs, the ten essays combine academic research with entertaining anecdotal evidence derived from the folklore of each game. Of interest both to the student of modern British history and serious sports fans everywhere Sport in Britain: A Social History is a fascinating and wide-ranging contribution to its subject.
