Advancing Folkloristics.

• Author: Fivecoate, Jesse A.
• TeilnehmendeR: Downs, Kristina.; McGriff, Meredith A. E.; Mills, Margaret A.; Turner, Kay.; Kitta, Andrea.; Rouhier-Willoughby, Jeanmarie.; Thorne, Cory W.; De Los Reyes, Guillermo.; Otero, Solimar.
• Place / Publishing House: Bloomington : : Indiana University Press,, 2021.; ©2021.
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (249 pages)

Advancing Folkloristics presents a clear picture of folklore studies today and articulates how it must adapt in the future.

Table of Contents

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Foreword: Challenges and Possibilities across Boundaries /Margaret A. Mills -- Acknowledgments -- Envisioning a Future Folkloristics / Jesse A. Fivecoate,Kristina Downs, and Meredith A. E. McGriff -- Envisioning a Future Folkloristics / Jesse A. Fivecoate, Kristina Downs, and Meredith A. E. McGriff -- 1. Deep Folklore/Queer Folkloristics / Kay Turner -- 2. "An Epidemic of Meanings": The Tenuous Nature of Public Intellectualism, Reflexivity, and Belief Scholarship / Andrea Kitta -- 3. Expanding the Territory / Jeanmarie Rouhier-Willoughby -- 4. The Politics of Trivialization / Jesse A. Fivecoate, Kristina Downs, and Meredith A. E. McGriff -- 5. The Folklorization of Queer Theory: Public Spaces, Pride, and Gay Neoliberalism / Cory W. Thorne and Guillermo De Los Reyes -- 6. Yemayá's Fury: Residual Flows, Ecological Disaster, and Folklore Futures / Solimar Otero -- 7. Infusing Public Folklore Work into Academe: Experiencing the In-Between / Gregory Hansen -- 8. Folklorists as Curators: Exploring the Four Cs / Betty J. Belanus -- 9. Culturally Conscious Collaborations at the Nexus of Folklore, Education, and Social Justice: Lessons and Questions for Folkloristic Praxis / Phyllis M. May-Machunda -- 10. The Power of Folkloristics at the Intersection of Affect, Narrative, and Performance in the College Classroom / Anthony Guest-Scott -- 11. The Folkloristic Diaspora: On Being a Folklorist in a Black Studies Department / Anika Wilson -- 12. Standing with Others: Folklorists in the Midst of Home / Wanda G. Addison -- 13. Disruptive Folklore / Debra Lattanzi Shutika -- 14. Talking Folklore: Getting Others to Take the Discipline Seriously while Remaining a Serious Folklorist / Andrea Kitta, Lynne S. McNeill, and Trevor J. Blank -- Afterword: Advancing Folkloristics / Norma E. Cant.

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