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Title Advancing folkloristics / edited by Jesse A. Fivecoate, Kristina Downs, and Meredith A.E. McGriff
Published Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press, [2021]

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 232 pages) : illustrations
Contents Foreword: Challenges and possibilities across boundaries -- Envisioning a future folkloristics -- Deep folklore/queer folkloristics -- "An epidemic of meanings" : the tenuous nature of public intellectualism, reflexivity, and belief scholarship -- Expanding the territory -- The politics of trivialization -- The folklorization of queer theory : public spaces, pride, and gay neoliberalism -- Yemayá's fury : residual flows, ecological disaster, and folklore futures -- Infusing public folklore work into academe : experiencing the in-between -- Folklorists as curators : exploring the four Cs -- Culturally conscious collaborations at the nexus of folklore, education, and social justice : lessons and questions for folkloristic praxis -- The power of folkloristics at the intersection of affect, narrative, and performance in the college classroom -- The folkloristic diaspora : on being a folklorist in a Black studies department -- Standing with others : folklorists in the midst of home -- Disruptive folklore -- Talking folklore : getting others to take the discipline seriously while remaining a serious folklorist -- Afterword: Advancing folkloristics
Summary "An unprecedented number of folklorists are addressing issues of class, race, gender, and sexuality in academic and public spaces in the US, raising the question: How can folklorists contribute to these contemporary political affairs? Since the nature of folkloristics transcends binaries, can it help others develop critical personal narratives? Advancing Folkloristics covers topics such as queer, feminist, and postcolonial scholarship in folkloristics. Contributors investigate how to apply folkloristic approaches in nonfolklore classrooms, how to maintain a folklorist identity without a "folklorist" job title, and how to use folkloristic knowledge to interact with others outside of the discipline. The chapters, which range from theoretical reorientations to personal experiences of folklore work, all demonstrate the kinds of work folklorists are well-suited to and promote the areas in which folkloristics is poised to expand and excel. Advancing Folkloristics presents a clear picture of folklore studies today and articulates how it must adapt in the future"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on July 15, 2021)
Subject Folklore -- United States -- Sociological aspects
Folklorists -- Political activity -- United States
Folklore -- Fieldwork -- United States
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Folklore & Mythology
Folklore -- Fieldwork
United States
Form Electronic book
Author Fivecoate, Jesse A., editor.
Downs, Kristina, editor.
McGriff, Meredith A. E., editor.
LC no. 2021008062
ISBN 9780253057105
0253057108
9780253057112
0253057116